Bottles
A friendly manager for Wine prefixes on Linux, so running a Windows program means picking an environment rather than editing config files.
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Package managers
- Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.usebottles.bottles
About Bottles
Running Windows software on Linux means creating a Wine prefix and getting its runner, DLL overrides and dependencies right. Bottles wraps that in a GTK4 application: you create a "bottle" from a template, it picks sensible components, and you run your .exe, .msi, .bat or .lnk inside it.
It manages runners and DXVK versions, installs dependencies from a catalogue, handles versioning and backups of a bottle, and can import prefixes from other managers. Winecfg, regedit, a task manager and an uninstaller are all reachable from inside the app. It ships on Flathub and is GPLv3 licensed.
Strengths
- Creates and manages Wine prefixes from templates instead of shell commands
- Manages runner and DXVK versions, and installs dependencies from a catalogue
- Versioning and backups of a bottle, so you can roll back a broken change
- Imports prefixes from other managers
- Winecfg, regedit, task manager and uninstaller built into the interface
Limitations
- Linux only, and primarily distributed as a Flatpak
- Wine compatibility is still Wine compatibility; Bottles cannot make a program work that Wine cannot run
- The project asks that you do not theme the app, which annoys some desktop setups
Details
- Pricing
- Free · Free and open source under GPLv3, funded by donations.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- The Bottles team
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Running a Windows application on Linux without learning Wine internals
- Categories
- Game launchers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Gaming); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 6 sources on file.
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