Whisky

Project Overview

Whisky is a modern Wine wrapper built with SwiftUI that provides a clean and easy-to-use graphical interface for macOS. You can create and manage bottles, install and run Windows apps and games with no technical knowledge required.

Key Features

• Wine 11.0: Latest stable Wine with improved compatibility and networking
• DXMT & DXVK Graphics: DirectX 11 through native Metal translation (DXMT) out of the box, with DXVK over MoltenVK as the universal fallback
• Launcher Compatibility: Built-in support for Steam, Epic, EA App, Rockstar, Battle.net, and more
• Controller Support: SDL environment variable controls for gamepad detection and mapping
• Stability Diagnostics: One-click diagnostic reports for troubleshooting crashes and freezes
• Native SwiftUI: Beautiful, familiar macOS interface

Target Audience

• Users who need to run Windows applications and games on macOS
• Wine users who want a modern, native UI experience
• Apple Silicon Mac users

Quick Start

• Homebrew (recommended)：

  brew install --cask frankea/whisky/whisky

• Manual install: Download the latest Whisky-X.Y.Z.dmg from GitHub Releases, open it, and drag Whisky.app to /Applications
• Migrate from original: Open and choose File → Migrate from the Original Whisky to import existing bottles

Core Advantages

• Active community fork continuing development and addressing upstream backlog
• Native SwiftUI interface deeply integrated with macOS
• Supports the latest Wine 11.0
• Built-in support for multiple launchers and controllers

System Requirements

• OS: macOS Sequoia 15.0 or later
• CPU: Apple Silicon (M-series chips)