What is Wine (software)?
{{Infobox Software | name = Wine | logo = WINE-Logo.svg | screenshot = Wine configuration screenshot.png | caption = screenshot of winecfg | author = [[Alexandre Julliard]] | developer = [https://source.winehq.org/source/AUTHORS Wine authors<br>(1,426 and counting)] | released = {{release date and age|1993|07|04}} <!-- based on https://wiki.winehq.org/WineReleasePlan & the first Wine ChangeLog entry minus initial development time period(~4 days) --> | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q188558|P548=Q2804309|P348}} | latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q188558|P548=Q2804309|P348|P577}}}} | latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q188558|P548=Q51930650|P348}} | latest preview date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q188558|P548=Q51930650|P348|P577}}}} | programming_language = [[C (programming language)|C]] | operating_system = [[Unix-like]] systems and [[Microsoft Windows]] | platform = [[Cross-platform]] | size = 19 MB (archived) | language = English | genre = [[Compatibility layer]] | license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] | website = https://www.winehq.org }} '''Wine''' is a piece of [[software]] which lets [[Unix-like]] computer [[operating system]]s on the [[x86]] and [[x86-64]] architectures to execute programs written for [[Microsoft Windows]]. Wine runs Windows programs without using [[Emulator|emulation]]. Wine also provides a [[software library]] known as ''Winelib'' which developers can [[compile]] Windows applications against to help [[Porting|port]] them to Unix-like systems.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wiki.winehq.org/Winelib | title = Winelib | publisher = Wine HQ | accessdate = 2019-01-22 }}</ref> Some Wine code is used in [[ReactOS]], a free operating system that is Windows-compatible and is