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Wine (software)

Wine is a compatibility layer to allow application software and computer games developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine is free and open-source software and is predominantly written using black-box testing reverse engineering, to avoid copyright issues.

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Available in
Multilingual
Developers
Wine authors (1,989)
License
LGPL 2.1 or later
Operating system
Linux · FreeBSD · ReactOS (for Windows app and driver compatibility) · macOS (10.8 – 15) (development) · Android (experimental)
Original authors
Bob Amstadt, Eric Youngdale
Platform
IA-32, x86-64, ARM

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Wine (software)

Nodes201
Edges200
Triples41
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00995
Components1

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Wine (software)

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Operating system · 6
Wine (software) → Android (experimental), FreeBSD, Haiku (experimental), Linux, macOS (10.8 – 15) (development), ReactOS (for Windows app and driver compatibility)
Available in · 1
Wine (software) → Multilingual
Developers · 1
Wine (software) → Wine authors (1,989)
License · 1
Wine (software) → LGPL 2.1 or later
Original authors · 1
Wine (software) → Bob Amstadt, Eric Youngdale
Platform · 1
Wine (software) → IA-32, x86-64, ARM
Preview release · 1
Wine (software) → 11.15 / 8 August 2026
Release · 1
Wine (software) → 4 July 1993; 33 years ago (1993-07-04)
Repository · 1
Wine (software) → gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine
Stable release · 1
Wine (software) → 11.0 / 13 January 2026

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Wine (software)Available inMultilingual1.00infobox
Wine (software)DevelopersWine authors (1,989)1.00infobox
Wine (software)LicenseLGPL 2.1 or later1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemLinux1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemFreeBSD1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemReactOS (for Windows app and driver compatibility)1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemmacOS (10.8 – 15) (development)1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemAndroid (experimental)1.00infobox
Wine (software)Operating systemHaiku (experimental)1.00infobox
Wine (software)Original authorsBob Amstadt, Eric Youngdale1.00infobox
Wine (software)PlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARM1.00infobox
Wine (software)Preview release11.15 / 8 August 20261.00infobox
Wine (software)Release4 July 1993; 33 years ago (1993-07-04)1.00infobox
Wine (software)Repositorygitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine1.00infobox
Wine (software)Stable release11.0 / 13 January 20261.00infobox
Wine (software)TypeCompatibility layer1.00infobox
Wine (software)Websitewinehq.org1.00infobox
Wine (software)Written inC1.00infobox

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