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We've compiled a list of 15 free and paid alternatives to CrossOver. The primary competitors include Wine, PlayOnLinux. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between CrossOver and Parallels Desktop, Lutris, WineBottler. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.


Wine
Free Open Source

Wine is a free, open source application for running Windows software on operating systems that are...

Parallels Desktop gives Mac users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system...

Lutris
Free Open Source

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux.

WineBottler
Free Open Source

WineBottler is an App to manage and wrap your Windows apps into convenient OS X apps.

Wineskin Winery
Free Open Source

Wineskin is a tool used to make ports of Windows software to Mac OS X.

Q4wine
Free Open Source

Q4Wine is a qt4 GUI for wine that will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications

Proton
Free Open Source

Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

Install Windows Games in Mac OS X natively and easily and for free with Wineskin technology

PyWinery
Free Open Source

PyWinery is a graphical, easy and simple wine-prefix manager which allows you to launch apps...

CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel OS X Mac...

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CrossOver Overview

Windows compatibility on Mac and Linux with no Windows license.

CrossOver allows you to install many popular Windows applications on your Mac or Linux computer. You can think of it as an emulator, but it's different, because there's no Windows OS license required. Your applications integrate seamlessly in OS X or Linux; just click and run. No rebooting, no switching to a virtual machine, and no Windows Operating System license required!

Adding new Windows software is easy. Just place your install CD in your machine, and CrossOver will recognize it and offer to install it. Once installed, CrossOver will configure your application to run on your computer. That's all there is to it.

CrossOver Platforms

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CrossOver Tags

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