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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask porting-kit
About Porting Kit
Porting Kit is a macOS app for installing Windows games and applications on a Mac. It uses Wineskin, so each Windows program runs through a prepared Wine setup instead of a virtual machine or a Windows installation.
The site has a catalog of supported games that can be sorted by genre, source and price, plus a forum for help with individual titles. It suits Mac users who want to play Windows games without setting up Wine by hand.
Strengths
- Prepared installers for Windows games on macOS
- Catalog of games that can be filtered by genre, source and price
- Community forum for per-game help
Limitations
- Compatibility depends on Wine, so not every game works
- Mac only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download; some games in its catalog must be bought separately.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Mac users who want to run Windows games without configuring Wine themselves
- Categories
- Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Porting Kit
Compare allSoftware that can replace Porting Kit for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
CrossOver
A commercial Wine-based tool that runs Windows applications and games on macOS and Linux.
CrossOver is a paid commercial Wine-based tool for macOS and Linux with commercial support, tutorials and forums, rather than free prepared game installers.
Wine
An open-source compatibility layer that runs Windows applications and games on Linux, macOS and BSD.
Wine is the open-source compatibility layer itself, running on macOS, Linux and BSD, but configuration can be fiddly without prepared installers.
Heroic Games Launcher
An open-source launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime games, on Linux, Windows, macOS and the Steam Deck.
Heroic Games Launcher runs Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime games on macOS with managed Wine builds under GPL-3.0, but does not offer a general catalog of prepared installers.
Shadow
A subscription cloud PC service that streams a full Windows computer to your own devices.
Shadow is a paid cloud PC subscription that streams a full Windows machine to a Mac, so any Windows game runs without Wine but needs a fast connection.
Porting Kit as an alternative
Listings that name Porting Kit as an alternative.
Bottles
A friendly manager for Wine prefixes on Linux, so running a Windows program means picking an environment rather than editing config files.
Porting Kit runs on macOS instead of Linux, installing Windows games through prepared Wineskin installers and a filterable catalog, and it is not open source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Winetricks
A helper script that installs missing DLLs and runtime libraries and applies tweaks to Wine prefixes.
GeForce NOW
NVIDIA's cloud gaming service that streams your existing game library to weaker hardware.
Winlator
An Android app that runs x86_64 Windows applications and games using Wine and Box86/Box64.
Lutris
A Linux gaming platform that installs the right emulator, Wine build or engine for each game and launches them from one place.
DXVK
Vulkan-based translation layer that runs Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 games on Linux.
