Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Flathub
- Fedora
- Nix Package Manager
- Wine
- Flatpak
- Vala
- Proton
Canada
CrossOver Alternatives
CrossOver is described as 'Install Windows applications on Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS without needing a Windows license, offering seamless integration and easy app management' and is a popular compatibility layer tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CrossOver for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Flathub, Wine and Android apps. The best CrossOver alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CrossOver are WinBoat, Lutris, Proton and PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac.
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CrossOver alternatives are mainly Compatibility Layer Tools, but if you're looking for Game Library Managers or Virtualization Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Mac and Mac + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CrossOver.
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32 Whisky alternativesWhisky provides a clean and easy to use graphical wrapper for Wine built in native SwiftUI. You can make and manage bottles, install and run Windows apps and games, and unlock the full potential of your Mac with no technical knowledge required.
Platforms
- Mac
- Wine
- Homebrew
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48 Mythic alternativesAn open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
35 WineBottler alternativesWineBottler is an App to manage and wrap your Windows apps into convenient OS X apps. WineBottler helps you with running Windows programs on OS X.
Platforms
- Mac
- Wine
Germany
EU
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Python
- Flatpak
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Wine
Phoenicis is a graphical front-end for Wine, a tool to help Linux and Mac users run games and programs for Windows. The future of PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac.
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Flathub
Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Wine
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Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library (especially retro games) and launching them from one place. It's focusing on customizability, cross platform support (including embedded devices) and high performance.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Raspberry Pi
Hungary- EU
Steam emulator that emulates steam online features. Lets you play games that use the steam multiplayer APIs on a LAN without steam or an internet connection.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
17 WinNative alternativesWinNative is an advanced, high-performance Windows (x86_64) emulation environment for Android. It bridges the gap between desktop gaming and mobile by unifying the best technologies from Winlator Bionic and Pluvia.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
56 Faugus Launcher alternativesA simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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