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CrossOver vs Bottles: catalog facts
CrossOver	Bottles
Paid Costs $74 with a free 14-day trial.	Free Free and open source under GPLv3, funded by donations.
macOS, Linux	Linux
Runs Windows programs without a Windows licence No full virtual machine needed	Creates and manages Wine prefixes from templates instead of shell commands Manages runner and DXVK versions, and installs dependencies from a catalogue
Paid after the trial Not every Windows program or game works	Linux only, and primarily distributed as a Flatpak Wine compatibility is still Wine compatibility; Bottles cannot make a program work that Wine cannot run
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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