What is Wine?

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.

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Wine 11.0 (shortlog)

Development:

Wine 11.8 (shortlog)

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News and Updates

Wine 11.8 Released

May 1, 2026

The Wine development release 11.8 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Mono engine updated to version 11.1.0.
More work on MSXML reimplementation without libxml2.
Improved keyboard layout support using XKBRegistry.
More VBScript compatibility improvements.
Various bug fixes.

Wine 11.7 Released

April 17, 2026

The Wine development release 11.7 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Beginnings of MSXML reimplementation without libxml2.
VBScript compatibility fixes and optimizations.
SRGB filter support in D3DX.
7.1 speaker configuration in DirectSound.
Various bug fixes.

Wine 11.6 Released

April 3, 2026

The Wine development release 11.6 is now available.

What’s new in this release:

Beginnings of a revival of the Android driver.
DLL load order heuristics to better support game mods.
More VBScript compatibility fixes.
Various bug fixes.

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