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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. Hard fork of https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps/

19 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 3 stories, 16 comments · first 2023-09-11 · latest 2026-03-24

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  1. …of MS Office user can, in your estimation, complete the steps as described in this readme? https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by bonoboTP · 2026-03-24 · in Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
  2. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps fusion360 is supported.
    comment by mdhen · 2026-03-11 · in The MacBook Neo
  3. I haven't tried it but I've seen this project promoted in some tweets and maybe even here: https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by nazgulsenpai · 2026-03-09 · in The window chrome of our discontent
  4. I've linked it multiple times on HN already but winapps ( https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps ) can be a game-changer for people relying on some Windows-only software. It sets up a Windows machine in Docker where you can install your…
    comment by cranium · 2026-01-11 · in I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
  5. …no way of passing the GPU through without something like SR-IOV so I'll have to see how it goes. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by glitchcrab · 2026-01-11 · in I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
  6. Winapps is pretty good to run the Microsoft office suite. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps A office specific winapps fork : https://github.com/eylenburg/linoffice/
    comment by ExpertAdvisor01 · 2026-01-11 · in I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
  7. …app mode (aka RemoteApp aka RAILS) reportedly has not been implemented yet on the SDL port. 1. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/issues/779
    comment by exceptione · 2025-11-29 · in WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
  8. …the container via a volume so the container's scripts can copy and run them in the Windows VM: - https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/blob/b4766336903d0cbe... - https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/blob/main/oem/RDPApps... You can do…
    comment by jodoherty · 2025-11-29 · in WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
  9. …to run (most) Windows apps they love through Bottles ( https://usebottles.com/ ), and/or WinApps ( https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps )... ... oof
    comment by mindcrash · 2025-11-07 · in YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
  10. …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 being, it seems.
    comment by chem83 · 2025-10-09 · in WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
  11. Is it WinApps[0] with some fancy GUI or something? [0] https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by itpcc · 2025-10-09 · in WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
  12. …which is the same thing but without the docker container, and it supports a remote VM as well: https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by d3Xt3r · 2025-10-08 · in WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
  13. You can use WinApps for that instead - supports both local and remote VMs. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by d3Xt3r · 2025-10-08 · in WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
  14. And now for the reverse (Windows on Linux): https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by cranium · 2025-05-20 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
  15. …to install Windows in a VM (thanks TPM), I found a way to run Windows apps nearly natively ( https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps ). It works by starting a Windows docker image and streaming the application frame with RDP. As the RDP…
    comment by cranium · 2025-01-02 · in Developing inside a virtual machine
  16. Isn't this basically a manual version of WinApps? https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
    comment by _d3Xt3r_ · 2023-09-11 · in Creating “Reverse WSL” for Running Windows Application on Linux Host