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Protontricks vs Winetricks: catalog facts
Protontricks	Winetricks
Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Finds Proton prefixes for Steam games automatically Brings the full Winetricks toolset to Proton games	Automatic workarounds for a menu of supported applications Installs missing DLLs and runtime libraries into a prefix
Requires Winetricks to be installed Linux only	Only useful alongside Wine Workarounds cover the listed applications, not every program
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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