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Wine

compatibility layer for running Windows software on Unix-like systems
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Wine

Summary

Wine is an application software[1]. Wine ranks in the top 2% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (919 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wine's image is recorded as Winecfg in Wine 10.0 screenshot.webp[3].
  • Wine's instance of is recorded as application software[4].
  • Wine's instance of is recorded as compatibility layer[5].
  • Wine's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[6].
  • Wine's instance of is recorded as source-available software[7].
  • Wine's maintained by is recorded as Alexandre Julliard[8].
  • Wine's logo image is recorded as WINE-logo.svg[9].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Alexandre Julliard[10].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Jacek Caban[11].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Nikolay Sivov[12].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Piotr Caban[13].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Rémi Bernon[14].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as François Gouget[15].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Huw D. M. Davies[16].
  • Wine's developer is recorded as Zebediah Figura[17].
  • Wine's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later[18].
  • Wine's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[19].
  • Wine's programmed in is recorded as assembly language[20].
  • Wine's programmed in is recorded as Microsoft Interface Definition Language[21].
  • Wine's subclass of is recorded as compatibility layer[22].
  • Wine's operating system is recorded as Linux[23].
  • Wine's operating system is recorded as macOS[24].
  • Wine's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[25].
  • Wine's operating system is recorded as Android[26].
  • Wine's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software[4], compatibility layer[5], free and open-source software[6], and source-available software[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wine include Darwine[28], a free software[29].

Why It Matters

Wine ranks in the top 2% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (919 views/month).[2] Wine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Wine is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Wine include Darwine[28], a free software[29].

Related Entities

Alexandre Julliard Android application assembly language Cedega CrossOver Darwine FluidSynth FreeBSD Jacek Caban libjpeg LibTIFF Linux Linux Unified Kernel macOS make Unix-like operating system WineGUI Wine-Staging

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gitlab.winehq.org. Retrieved . gitlab.winehq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . dl.winehq.org. dl.winehq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Lokiretro · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1993-07-04T00:00:00Z
    Source code repository url → https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging, https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine
    Subclass of → compatibility layer
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wine'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 11.8"
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