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Bottles vs Wine: catalog facts
Bottles	Wine
Free Free and open source under GPLv3, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	macOS, Linux
Creates and manages Wine prefixes from templates instead of shell commands Manages runner and DXVK versions, and installs dependencies from a catalogue	Runs Windows programs without a Windows licence or virtual machine Works on Linux, macOS and BSD
Linux only, and primarily distributed as a Flatpak Wine compatibility is still Wine compatibility; Bottles cannot make a program work that Wine cannot run	Not every Windows program works, and some need manual tweaks Configuration can be fiddly for newcomers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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