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A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI

31 mentions on Hacker News by 23 people: 6 stories, 25 comments · first 2023-06-07 · latest 2025-05-20

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  1. Try Whisky: https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by RulerOf · 2025-05-20 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
  2. You can get a free open source alternative like Whisky https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by culi · 2025-04-27 · in I tried Windows gaming on a Mac
  3. …which impressed me and I've had great success with. It's an open source Wine wrapper for macOS https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky EDIT: it seems that at some point in the past month the author stated whisky is no longer maintained!
    comment by culi · 2025-04-27 · in I tried Windows gaming on a Mac
  4. yes, whisky https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by xyproto · 2025-03-30 · in Convert Linux to Windows
  5. …on Steam OS, which might mean it works under Wine. So, you could try running the windows version in https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky . It often works wonders, even on ARM Macs. You can also try to set up a Linux vm with…
    comment by ilyagr · 2025-01-25 · in Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode – Out Now – Official Release Trailer [video]
  6. …also paid tools like CrossOver and Parallels but Whisky works well enough for most use cases. [0] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by satvikpendem · 2024-11-20 · in Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month
  7. https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by 58028641 · 2024-10-15 · in AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux
  8. I use whisky which is WINE underneath to play games on macOS. https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by satvikpendem · 2024-10-12 · in AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux
  9. …seen others playing serious Windows games like FF7 remake (not sure if that counts) on mac. [1] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by acmj · 2024-03-16 · in Hackintosh is almost dead
  10. …https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility There is also Whisky, a FOSS app that uses Wine and GPT: https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/ (unlike Crossover, it doesn't have per-game profiles, so you just have to look at its wiki and issues…
    comment by solardev · 2024-01-12 · in Ask HN: State of gaming and it's developement on Apple Silicon
  11. …[2] https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/CES-2024-geforce-now-activisio... [3] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/issues/682 [4] https://www.protondb.com/app/2344520
    comment by solardev · 2024-01-09 · in Diablo IV coming soon to GeForce Now
  12. …with fewer games (no official list, so you just have to download it and try yourself): https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky For the mouse stuff, try a USB mouse if you're not already using one, combined with…
    comment by solardev · 2023-12-29 · in Why are Apple Silicon VMs so different?
  13. There is a known false positive involving Avast https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/issues/465#issuecomment...
    comment by isaacryu · 2023-11-26 · in Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
  14. …a pain. Some games work, sort of, after a lot of configuration (often with outdated instructions, https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/wiki/Game-Support . Many games don't work at all, or only work on some platforms (e.g. Battle.net but…
    comment by solardev · 2023-11-26 · in Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
  15. They have a handy-dandy little comparison table on their Wiki. [0] [0] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/wiki/A-Hitchhiker's-Gui...
    comment by danaris · 2023-11-26 · in Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
  16. …random things until something interesting happens.) edit: found a guide on the GitHub repo: https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/wiki/A-Hitchhiker's-Gui...
    comment by herpdyderp · 2023-11-26 · in Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
  17. …gaming but they are reasonably capable, and largely held back by lack of software not hardware. [1] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/discussions/560#discuss...
    comment by dagmx · 2023-11-19 · in Cities: Skylines 2's troubled launch, and why simulation games are freaking hard
  18. …Windows games not ending at D3D11. [0] https://www.codeweavers.com/about/news/press/20230927 [1] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by 1propionyl · 2023-10-10 · in Valve says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS not happening, there aren't enough players
  19. I use https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky to play CS2 on my M1 Mac. It runs really well if you change the launch options to `-nojoy`, turn on vsync (or else it may crash every couple minutes), and can bear some audio glitches.
    comment by nick_ · 2023-10-10 · in Valve says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS not happening, there aren't enough players
  20. …when on iOS won't be played with touch controls, it's for playing with a Bluetooth controller. [0] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky
    comment by satvikpendem · 2023-09-15 · in Apple's A17 Pro Within 10% of i9-13900K, 7950X in Single-Core Performance
  21. …flawlessly. Performance is nowhere near native though. Hopefully this improves over time. [0] https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/
    comment by cassianoleal · 2023-08-22 · in 5 years ago Valve released Proton
  22. There's a front-end for the new Game Porting Toolkit at least. https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz/Whisky
    comment by Hamuko · 2023-07-05 · in Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux
  23. …new project called Whisky [0] built around CrossOver and Apple's Game Porting Toolkit. [0] https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz/Whisky
    comment by afruitpie · 2023-07-04 · in More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck
  24. …to make an app or script to easily set up environments with the developer runtime There you go: https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz/Whisky Here is a bit more promising sample about the performance on M2 Max:…
    comment by nicce · 2023-06-07 · in DirectX 12 Support on macOS
  25. …https://reddit.com/r/macgaming/hot And someone’s already made a tool to simplify running games https://github.com/IsaacMarovitz/Whisky/releases/tag/pre-0.2... This is also a triumph for open source imho because wine is now receiving…
    comment by dagmx · 2023-06-07 · in DirectX 12 Support on macOS