Wine

compatibility layer for running Windows software on Unix-like systems

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Summary

Wine is an application software^[1]. Wine ranks in the top 2% of application software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,923 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Instance of: compatibility layer^[3], free and open-source software^[4], source-available software^[5]
Maintained by: Alexandre Julliard^[6]
Developer: Alexandre Julliard^[7], Jacek Caban^[8], Nikolay Sivov^[9], Piotr Caban^[10], Rémi Bernon^[11], François Gouget^[12], Huw D. M. Davies^[13], Zebediah Figura^[14]
Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later^[15]
Programmed in: C^[16], assembly language^[17], Microsoft Interface Definition Language^[18]
Subclass of: compatibility layer^[19]
Operating system: Linux^[20], macOS^[21], FreeBSD^[22], Android^[23], Unix-like operating system^[24]
Software version identifier: 1.6.2^[25], 1.8^[26], 1.8.1^[27], 1.8.2^[28], 1.8.3^[29], 1.9.12^[30], 1.9.13^[31], 1.8.4^[32], 1.9.17^[33], 1.9.20^[34], 1.8.5^[35], 2.0-rc3^[36], 1.8.6^[37], 2.0^[38]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Wine include Darwine^[39], a free software^[40].

Why It Matters

Wine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Wine is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Wine include Darwine^[39], a free software^[40].

⭐ Popularity Graph

34/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

49 / 427 langs top 5%

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 704h

5.1K/mo 33.2K/yr

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Quick Facts

Instance of application, compatibility layer, free and open-source software, source-available software

Inception June 1993

Publication date July 4, 1993

Official website www.winehq.org

Subclass of compatibility layer

Part of Software Freedom Conservancy

Properties

Build system make

Depends on software capstone, compiler-rt, FluidSynth, libjpeg, Little CMS, OpenLDAP, mpg123, libpng, LibTIFF, LibTomCrypt, libxml2, libxslt, zlib

Derivative work Cedega, Proton, CrossOver

Developer Alexandre Julliard, Jacek Caban, Nikolay Sivov, Piotr Caban, Rémi Bernon, François Gouget, Huw D. M. Davies, Zebediah Figura

Different from Wine

Faq url wiki.winehq.org

Implementation of Windows API

Issue tracker url bugs.winehq.org

Maintained by Alexandre Julliard

Official name Wine, Wine Is Not an Emulator

Official wiki url wiki.winehq.org, gitlab.winehq.org

Operating system Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Android, Unix-like operating system

P14912 Wine

Programmed in C, assembly language, Microsoft Interface Definition Language

Software version identifier 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.9.12, 1.9.13, 1.8.4, 1.9.17, 1.9.20, 1.8.5, 2.0-rc3, 1.8.6, 2.0, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.0.1, 2.10, 2.12, 2.0.2, 2.14, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc6, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.0.1, 3.9, 3.0.2, 3.10, 3.11, 1.7.10, 1.7.11, 1.7.12, 1.7.13, 1.7.14, 1.7.15, 1.7.16, 1.7.17, 1.7.18, 1.7.19, 1.7.20, 1.7.21, 1.7.22, 1.7.23, 1.7.24, 1.7.25, 1.7.26, 1.7.27, 1.7.28, 1.7.29, 1.7.30, 1.7.31, 1.7.32, 1.7.33, 1.7.34, 1.7.35, 1.7.36, 1.7.37, 1.7.38, 1.7.39, 1.7.40, 1.7.41, 1.7.42, 1.7.43, 1.7.44, 1.7.45, 1.7.46, 1.7.47, 1.7.48, 1.7.49, 1.7.50, 1.7.51, 1.7.52, 1.7.53, 1.7.54, 1.7.55, 1.7.8-1, 1.7.16-1, 1.7.18-1, 1.7.19-1, 1.7.34-1, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.6, 1.9.7, 1.9.8, 1.9.9, 1.9.10, 1.9.11, 1.9.14, 1.9.15, 1.9.16, 1.9.18, 1.9.19, 1.9.21, 1.9.22, 1.9.23, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.19, 2.21, 2.10-2, 2.10-3, 3.13, 3.6, 3.12, 3.13.1, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 4.0-rc1, 4.0-rc2, 4.0-rc3, 4.0-rc5, 4.0-rc4, 4.5, 4.0.1, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12.1, 4.14, 4.0.2, 4.16, 4.18, 4.19, 5.0-rc2, 4.0.3, 5.0-rc5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.0.1, 5.7, 4.0.4, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.14, 5.0.2, 5.17, 5.18, 1.0, 5.20, 5.0.3, 6.0-rc2, 6.0-rc3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16, 6.0.1, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.0.2, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21, 7.22, 8.0-rc1, 8.0-rc2, 7.0.1, 8.0-rc3, 8.0-rc4, 8.0-rc5, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.0.1, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.0.2, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 9.0-rc1, 9.0-rc2, 9.0-rc3, 9.0-rc4, 9.0-rc5, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.16, 9.17, 9.18, 9.19, 9.20, 9.21, 9.22, 10.0-rc1, 10.0-rc2, 10.0-rc3, 10.0-rc4, 10.0-rc5, 10.0-rc6, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 9.0.1, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.16, 10.17, 10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.0-rc4, 11.0, 11.0-rc5, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10, 11.11, 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.17, 11.18, 11.19

Source code repository url source.winehq.org, git://gitlab.winehq.org:wine/wine-staging.git, git://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git, github.com, gitlab.winehq.org

Topic's main category Category:Wine (software)

External References (30)

Alpine linux package wine

Alternativeto software id wine

Arch linux package wine, wine-staging

Archwiki article Wine, Wine_(Français), de:Wine, ja:Wine, zh-hans:Wine, Wine_(Русский)

Aur package wine-stable, wine-git, wine-staging-git, wine-ivb

Debian stable package wine

Facebook username winehq.org

Fedora package wine

File format wiki page id Wine

Free software directory entry Wine

Freebase id /m/09cm6

Freebsd port emulators/i386-wine-devel, emulators/wine-devel, emulators/i386-wine, emulators/wine

Gentoo package app-emulation/wine, app-emulation/wine-vanilla, app-emulation/wine-d3d9, app-emulation/wine-staging, app-emulation/wine-any, virtual/wine

Gentoo wiki article Wine, Wine/es, Wine/fr, Wine/hu, Wine/ja

Lemmy community id winelinux@lemmy.world

Macports port wine-devel

Mageia package wine

Man page wine.1

Namuwiki id 와인(소프트웨어)

Netbsd package id emulators/wine, emulators/wine-devel

Niconicopedia id wine

Open hub id wine

Opensuse package wine

Osdn project freshmeat_wine

Pixiv encyclopedia id Wine

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 413

Repology project name wine

Sourceforge project wine

Tv tropes id UsefulNotes/WINE

Ubuntu package wine-stable

🌐 Available in 27 languages

enWine (software) arواين (برمجية) csWine daWine deWine esWine faواین (لایه سازگاری) fiWine frWine heWine hiवाइन (सॉफ्टवेयर) huWine idWine (perangkat lunak) itWine jaWine ko와인 (소프트웨어) nlWine noWine plWine ptWine ruWine svWine thไวน์ (ซอฟต์แวร์) trWine ukWine viWine (phần mềm) zhWine

🏷️ Also known as

en W.I.N.E. en WineHQ en Winelib en Wine Is Not an Emulator en Windows Emulator en Wine ar Wine ar واين de Wine Is Not an Emulator de winehq es W.I.N.E. fa واین fr W.I.N.E. fr Wine-Doors hi वाइन hu W.I.N.E. hu Wine Is Not an Emulator id Emulator Windows it W.I.N.E. it Wine-Doors

🔗 Connections

Depends on software 11

zlib, OpenLDAP, libpng, libjpeg, libxml2, mpg123, FluidSynth, LibTIFF +3 more

Operating system 5

Linux, Android, macOS, FreeBSD, Unix-like operating system

← Based on 5

Proton, CrossOver, Cedega, Linux Unified Kernel, Wine-Staging

Instance of 4

application, free and open-source software, compatibility layer, source-available software

Derivative work 3

Proton, CrossOver, Cedega

← Depends on software 3

PlayOnLinux, Darwine, PlayOnMac

Belongs to 2

Proton, Software Freedom Conservancy

Developer 2

Alexandre Julliard, Jacek Caban

Build system 1

make

X11 license

Different from 1

Wine

Implementation of 1

Windows API

Maintained by 1

Alexandre Julliard

Named after 1

Darwine

Part of 1

Software Freedom Conservancy

Programmed in 1

assembly language

Subclass of 1

compatibility layer

Subtypes 1

WineGUI

← Different from 1

Wine

← Has use 1

WineGUI

← Industry 1

Willamette Valley Vineyards

← Maintains linking to 1

The Visual Novel Database

← Platform 1

HeidiSQL

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

12d ago · Lokiretro · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 49

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

Claims rich → —

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.19"
21d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Alpine linux package → wine

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: wine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324992705|wine (#324992705)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'"
24d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14912 → Wine

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14912: Wine, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274783|batch #274783]]"
25d ago · Lokiretro · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.18"
5w ago · Dexxor · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.17"
8w ago · Dexxor · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.15"
13w ago · Lokiretro · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.13"
14w ago · Dexxor · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.12"
17w ago · Lokiretro · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.6.2, 1.8, 1.8.1 +338

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.11"
23w ago · Lokiretro · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → +1993-07-04T00:00:00Z

Source code repository url → https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git, git://gitlab.winehq.org:wine/wine-staging.git, git://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git +2

Subclass of → compatibility layer

Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wine'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'}

+ 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 11.8"

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