Fmstrat/winapps
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Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
13 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 1 story, 12 comments · first 2020-11-08 · latest 2026-01-29
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…for matching names, or its a sneaky strategy to bury, by influence, the existing winapps project https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by mhitza · 2026-01-29 · in Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI -
WinApps is the project to watch ( https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps ), although they're still working on Wayland support ( https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/issues/779#issuecomme... ). It can get by through xwayland for the time…
comment by chem83 · 2025-10-09 · in WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration -
…applications you can try to use winapps (windows vm behind the scenes, but tucked away from view) https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps [1] never update to the latest Fedora version, at least until a couple of months after release. If you…
comment by mhitza · 2025-08-27 · in Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward -
…WSL on Linux, where Windows is deeply embedded and you have all the Windows features in your hands? https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps Enjoy.
comment by lproven · 2025-05-19 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source -
See also: https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps - windows apps on linux (vm -> rdp)
comment by seltzered_ · 2022-02-04 · in Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if they were native apps -
…for some time now). However, I do recall finding a report of someone successfully using WinApps ( https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps ) as well as RDP running in a Linux (GNU/Linux) qube to effectively also have Windows applications…
comment by elliotkillick · 2021-10-18 · in Show HN: Qvm-Create-Windows-Qube: The most secure and private way to run Windows -
How much of a tinkerer are you? Try this: https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by pedro2 · 2021-09-11 · in Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI -
I guess it would be this: https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by teddyfrozevelt · 2021-09-10 · in Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI -
…seamless experiance. P.S. Disk I/O can be a severe bottleneck on HDDs, so try this with a SSD. [1]. https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by Anunayj · 2021-07-18 · in Looking Glass: Run a Windows VM on Linux in a window with native performance -
As you wish https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps "Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration."
comment by imhoguy · 2021-06-15 · in Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils -
…Linux acts as client, and then integrates everything like app menus, shortcuts, FS even I think. https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by imhoguy · 2021-04-21 · in Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux -
That exists, have a look at https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
comment by chabad360 · 2020-11-29 · in Microsoft is working on an Android subsystem for Windows 10 -
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WinApps: Run Windows apps in Linux as if they were a part of the native OSstory by petepete · 2020-11-08 · 88 comments