Darling Alternatives

Darling is described as 'MacOS translation layer for Linux. It is designed to run macOS software directly without the need for a hardware emulator, making it fast and efficient' and is a compatibility layer tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Darling for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Wine, Flathub and Android apps. The best Darling alternative is Wine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Darling are WinBoat, Proton, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Parallels Desktop.

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  1. WineBottler icon
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    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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  2. Protontricks icon
     5 likes

    A wrapper that does winetricks things for Proton enabled games, requires Winetricks.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  3. 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
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  4. Q4wine icon
     20 likes

    Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wine
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  5. ProtonUp-Qt icon
     4 likes

    Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. MiceWine icon
     3 likes

    MiceWine is a project that aims to run Windows applications and games on Android smartphones.

    48 MiceWine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  7. Porting Kit icon
     15 likes

    Using Wineskin technology, Porting Kit is a PaulTheTall.com app that can install games and apps compiled for Microsoft Windows® in Mac OS X. It has access to a server where we store WSI files for more than 300 games, which can be installed by any Porting Kit user.

    32 Porting Kit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Winetricks icon
     3 likes

    Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Fedora
    • Wine
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • FreeBSD
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    • Slackware
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  9. Karton icon
     4 likes

    Run Linux programs on macOS, a different Linux distro, or a different architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Vineyard icon
     6 likes

    Vineyard is a collection of tools and libraries designed to make managing Windows programs on Linux easier. More specifically, it aims to improve the integration of Wine and the Free Desktop and to make it easier to create programs and tools that integrate with Wine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11.  1 like

    Tool for running and packaging Windows apps or games on macOS 10.15.4+ with Wine, enabling users to choose DirectX backends such as Metal, Vulkan, D3DMetal, VKD3D, DXVK, DXMT, and experimental D9VK for broad compatibility and enhanced performance.

    33 Sikarugir alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. WinConn icon
     3 likes

    WinConn simplifies creation, management and desktop integration of remote windows applications in Ubuntu Linux. It uses RemoteApp technology, implemented by FreeRDP project to provide seamless user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
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