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 Virtualization Tools or Game Library Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac and 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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  1. ProtonPlus icon

    ProtonPlus

     5 likes

    A simple Wine and Proton-based compatibility tools manager.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Wine
    • Flatpak
    • Vala
    • Proton
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    Parallels Desktop

    Virtualization software for running Windows, Linux, and other OSes on Mac. Supports Windows 11 on Apple Silicon, resource adjustments, and seamless app access and file sharing between OS environments.

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  6. Proton GE

     3 likes

    This is my build of Proton with the most recent bleeding-edge Proton Experimental WINE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. WineBottler icon

    WineBottler

     29 likes

    WineBottler 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.

    35 WineBottler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Wine
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    Comments about WineBottler as an Alternative to CrossOver
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    It's much more complicated than Crossover. CrossOver is simple to use and WineBottler is much more complicated

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • WineBottler is Free and Open SourceCrossOver is Paid and Proprietary
  10. Pegasus icon

    Pegasus

     28 likes

    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.

    49 Pegasus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Raspberry Pi
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  11. Phoenicis icon

    Phoenicis

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  15. WineZGUI icon

    WineZGUI

     2 likes

    WineZGUI (pronounced Wine-Zee-Goo-Eee) is a wine frontend for playing windows games with wine easily. It is a collection of Bash scripts for Wine Prefix Management and Linux Desktop Integration for easier wine gaming experience using Zenity.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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