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.
December 19, 2025
The Wine development release 11.0-rc3 is now available.
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December 12, 2025
The Wine development release 11.0-rc2 is now available.
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December 5, 2025
The Wine development release 11.0-rc1 is now available.
This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 11.0. It marks the beginning of the yearly code freeze period. Please give this release a good testing and report any issue that you find, to help us make the final 11.0 as good as possible.
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