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Wine vs Bottles: catalog facts
Wine	Bottles
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under GPLv3, funded by donations.
macOS, Linux	Linux
Runs Windows programs without a Windows licence or virtual machine Works on Linux, macOS and BSD	Creates and manages Wine prefixes from templates instead of shell commands Manages runner and DXVK versions, and installs dependencies from a catalogue
Not every Windows program works, and some need manual tweaks Configuration can be fiddly for newcomers	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
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account 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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