What is this?
Whisky is a free, open-source Wine wrapper for macOS with a native SwiftUI interface, letting you run Windows apps and games on a Mac without a Windows installation.
Whisky is a free, open-source Wine wrapper for macOS with a native SwiftUI interface, letting you run Windows apps and games on a Mac without a Windows installation.Is this a full virtual machine or a lighter compatibility layer?It's a Wine wrapper, meaning it translates Windows API calls on the fly rather than emulating a full Windows VM, packaged with a native macOS GUI built in SwiftUI.
It's a Wine wrapper, meaning it translates Windows API calls on the fly rather than emulating a full Windows VM, packaged with a native macOS GUI built in SwiftUI.Does Whisky need CrossOver or Wine installed separately?Whisky is built directly on top of CodeWeavers' CrossOver Wine distribution and relies on that underlying work rather than a separate Wine install.
Whisky is built directly on top of CodeWeavers' CrossOver Wine distribution and relies on that underlying work rather than a separate Wine install.Is Whisky still being maintained?No, Whisky is no longer actively maintained and the repository is archived, so apps and games running through it may break at any time with no fixes coming.
No, Whisky is no longer actively maintained and the repository is archived, so apps and games running through it may break at any time with no fixes coming.Why should I use CrossOver instead of Whisky now?Since Whisky is deprecated and archived, its maintainers point users toward CodeWeavers' CrossOver for continued support and active development.
Since Whisky is deprecated and archived, its maintainers point users toward CodeWeavers' CrossOver for continued support and active development.What kind of software is Whisky meant to run?Based on its 'game' and 'game-porting-toolkit' topics, Whisky was primarily aimed at running Windows games and apps on macOS, leveraging Apple's Metal graphics API.
Based on its 'game' and 'game-porting-toolkit' topics, Whisky was primarily aimed at running Windows games and apps on macOS, leveraging Apple's Metal graphics API.Is Whisky open source, and can I still look at the code?Yes, it's licensed under GPL-3.0 and built in Swift/SwiftUI, so the source remains available even though the project is no longer maintained.
Yes, it's licensed under GPL-3.0 and built in Swift/SwiftUI, so the source remains available even though the project is no longer maintained.What are similar projects?highball, NotProton, OpenEmu, recall, awesome-mac, CodeEdit, OpenYoink, WallpaperMachine
highball, NotProton, OpenEmu, recall, awesome-mac, CodeEdit, OpenYoink, WallpaperMachine