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− | While not strictly emulation ''per se'' (hence why [[Wine]] stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator"), '''compatibility layers''' allow software written for one operating system to run on a different OS, often by translating API and system calls made by an application to their equivalent calls in the host operating system. In theory, this should allow for near-native performance since no processor emulation takes place, but in practice some software such as games will tend to run a bit slower due to other bottlenecks that occur as a result of [[Emulation accuracy|replicating the correct behavior]], such as accounting for graphics APIs like Direct3D that aren't supported on non-Microsoft platforms. Additionally, compatibility layers may also use emulation in order to run software built for a different architecture | + | While not strictly emulation ''per se'' (hence why [[Wine]] stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator"), '''compatibility layers''' allow software written for one operating system to run on a different OS, often by translating API and system calls made by an application to their equivalent calls in the host operating system. In theory, this should allow for near-native performance since no processor emulation takes place, but in practice some software such as games will tend to run a bit slower due to other bottlenecks that occur as a result of [[Emulation accuracy|replicating the correct behavior]], such as accounting for graphics APIs like Direct3D that aren't supported on non-Microsoft platforms. Additionally, compatibility layers may also use emulation in order to run software built for a different architecture. |
==Compatibility layers== | ==Compatibility layers== | ||
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|[[Wine]] | |[[Wine]] | ||
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Haiku}} | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Haiku}} | ||
− | |[https://wiki.winehq.org/Download {{WineVer}}<br />(Dev: {{WineDevVer}})]<br />[https://wiki.winehq.org/Haiku Haiku] | + | |[https://wiki.winehq.org/Download {{WineVer}} <br />(Dev: {{WineDevVer}})]<br />[https://wiki.winehq.org/Haiku Haiku] |
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
|Windows applications and games | |Windows applications and games | ||
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|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}} | |align=left|{{Icon|macOS}} | ||
|N/A | |N/A | ||
− | |{{✗}} ||{{ | + | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} |
− | |PowerPC | + | |x86 macOS applications (PowerPC macOS apps on earlier versions) |
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|CrossOver | |CrossOver | ||
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
|Windows applications and games | |Windows applications and games | ||
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+ | |Game Porting Toolkit | ||
+ | |align=left|{{Icon|macOS}} | ||
+ | |[https://gist.github.com/Frityet/448a945690bd7c8cff5fef49daae858e Installation guide] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} | ||
+ | |Windows games | ||
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+ | |[https://www.hikunpeng.com/document/detail/en/kunpengdevps/ug-exagear/usermanual/kunpengexagear_06_0002.html ExaGear-KunPeng] | ||
+ | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} | ||
+ | |[https://www.hikunpeng.com/developer/devkit/exagear 3.0.0.1] | ||
+ | |{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |x86 Linux programs<abbr title="into Kunpeng platform instructions in real time">*</abbr> | ||
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|[https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io Minecraft Bedrock Launcher] | |[https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io Minecraft Bedrock Launcher] | ||
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS}} | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS}} | ||
− | |[https://github.com/minecraft-linux/mcpelauncher-manifest v0. | + | |[https://github.com/minecraft-linux/mcpelauncher-manifest v0.10.0] |
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Android version) | |Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Android version) | ||
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− | | | + | |[https://waydro.id/index.html WayDroid] |
− | |align=left|{{Icon| | + | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} |
− | |[https:// | + | |[https://waydro.id/#install git] |
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
− | |Linux software | + | |Android software |
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+ | |[https://www.linzhuotech.com/index.php/home/index/xdroid.html xDroid] | ||
+ | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} | ||
+ | |[https://www.linzhuotech.com/Product/download 11.1.51] | ||
+ | |{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |Android software | ||
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− | | | + | |[[Anbox]] |
− | |align=left|{{Icon| | + | |align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} |
− | |[https:// | + | |[https://docs.anbox.io/userguide/install.html git] |
− | |{{ | + | |{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |
− | | | + | |Android software |
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|[https://www.gfdgdxi.top/uengine-runner/Help/ UEngine] | |[https://www.gfdgdxi.top/uengine-runner/Help/ UEngine] | ||
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|macOS software | |macOS software | ||
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− | | | + | |Linuxulator |
− | |align=left|{{Icon| | + | |align=left|{{Icon|FreeBSD}} |
− | |[https:// | + | |[https://wiki.freebsd.org/Linuxulator Wiki]<br />[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/ Docs] |
− | |{{ | + | |{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} |
− | | | + | |Linux software |
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|[[WineVDM]] | |[[WineVDM]] | ||
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}} | |align=left|{{Icon|Windows}} | ||
|[https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/releases git]<br />[https://ci.appveyor.com/project/otya128/winevdm/ Dev] | |[https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/releases git]<br />[https://ci.appveyor.com/project/otya128/winevdm/ Dev] | ||
− | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{ | + | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} |
|16-bit Windows apps and games | |16-bit Windows apps and games | ||
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} | ||
|DOS software | |DOS software | ||
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!colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM | !colspan="7"|Mobile / ARM | ||
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|[https://box86.org/ Box86/Box64] | |[https://box86.org/ Box86/Box64] | ||
− | |align=left|{{Icon|LiA|Android|Pandora}} | + | |align=left|{{Icon|LiA|Android|Pandora|Pyra}} |
|[https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86 git-86]/[https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/ git-64] | |[https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86 git-86]/[https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/ git-64] | ||
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
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|[[FEX-Emu]] | |[[FEX-Emu]] | ||
− | |align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM|Android}} | + | |align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM|Android|Pandora|Pyra}} |
|[https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX git] | |[https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX git] | ||
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
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|Windows applications and games | |Windows applications and games | ||
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− | |[https:// | + | |[https://winlator.app/ Winlator] |
− | |align=left|{{Icon| | + | |align=left|{{Icon|Android}} |
− | |[https://github.com/ | + | |[https://winlator.app/download/ 1.1]<br/>[https://github.com/brunodev85/winlator git] |
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+ | |[https://waydro.id/index.html WayDroid] | ||
+ | |align=left|{{Icon|LinuxARM}} | ||
+ | |[https://waydro.id/#install git] | ||
+ | |{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} | ||
+ | |Android software | ||
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|[https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover Hangover] | |[https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover Hangover] | ||
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|Nintendo Switch games and homebrew | |Nintendo Switch games and homebrew | ||
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− | !colspan="9"| | + | !colspan="9"|Console |
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|[[Nintendont]] | |[[Nintendont]] | ||
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|GameCube games | |GameCube games | ||
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===Comparisons=== | ===Comparisons=== | ||
*[[Wine]] is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs (application software and computer games) developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems, primarily Linux and macOS. Since late 2017 there is also an experimental build for Android. Wine is almost as old as the Linux project, starting in the summer of 1993. Today it's widely used, very popular and sponsored by companies such as CodeWeavers and Valve. The core Wine development aims at a correct implementation of the Windows API as a whole. In this regard it's similar to the [[MAME]] project in its focus on correctness over usability. There are a lot of versions/forks of Wine which focus of different goals, such as usability, compatibility, gaming, office applications, etc. A few are listed below, Wikipedia has [[wikipedia:Wine_(software)#Other_versions_of_Wine|a more complete list]]. | *[[Wine]] is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs (application software and computer games) developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems, primarily Linux and macOS. Since late 2017 there is also an experimental build for Android. Wine is almost as old as the Linux project, starting in the summer of 1993. Today it's widely used, very popular and sponsored by companies such as CodeWeavers and Valve. The core Wine development aims at a correct implementation of the Windows API as a whole. In this regard it's similar to the [[MAME]] project in its focus on correctness over usability. There are a lot of versions/forks of Wine which focus of different goals, such as usability, compatibility, gaming, office applications, etc. A few are listed below, Wikipedia has [[wikipedia:Wine_(software)#Other_versions_of_Wine|a more complete list]]. | ||
**[[Proton]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">[https://www.protondb.com/ (compatibility)]</small>: is Valve's one-click solution to play Windows games on Linux. It's included in the Steam Linux client by default. Simply click on a whitelisted game and it will launch without any configuration, or enable it for all games in the settings. Proton is based on a fork of Wine in combination with other components such as [[Wrappers|DXVK]] (which is a wrapper explained below) and FAudio. | **[[Proton]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">[https://www.protondb.com/ (compatibility)]</small>: is Valve's one-click solution to play Windows games on Linux. It's included in the Steam Linux client by default. Simply click on a whitelisted game and it will launch without any configuration, or enable it for all games in the settings. Proton is based on a fork of Wine in combination with other components such as [[Wrappers|DXVK]] (which is a wrapper explained below) and FAudio. | ||
+ | **[https://winlator.com/ Winlator]: Winlator is based on Wine and Box86/Box64 in combination with other components such as [[Wrappers|DXVK]], [[Wrappers|D8VK]] and [[Wrappers|WineD3D]]. | ||
**[https://www.codeweavers.com/products/ CrossOver] is a commercialized, supported version of Wine from CodeWeavers. It uses additional patches on top of Wine to make it easy to use. They contribute all of their work on CrossOvers back to Wine and make up about two thirds of the commits made to Wine. CrossOver is available on macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. | **[https://www.codeweavers.com/products/ CrossOver] is a commercialized, supported version of Wine from CodeWeavers. It uses additional patches on top of Wine to make it easy to use. They contribute all of their work on CrossOvers back to Wine and make up about two thirds of the commits made to Wine. CrossOver is available on macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. | ||
**[[Wineskin]] is an open-source compatibility layer which allows users to easily convert Windows software to macOS. The ports are in the form of Mac .app bundles with a self-contained Wine instance which are wrapped around the application to be converted. | **[[Wineskin]] is an open-source compatibility layer which allows users to easily convert Windows software to macOS. The ports are in the form of Mac .app bundles with a self-contained Wine instance which are wrapped around the application to be converted. | ||
− | * [[TeknoParrot]] is a compatibility layer for Windows PCs to run games originally made for Windows-based arcade systems. Has since version 1.51 also support for some games | + | * [[TeknoParrot]] is a compatibility layer for Windows PCs to run games originally made for Windows-based arcade systems. Has since version 1.51 also support for some games from the Linux-based Sega Lindbergh arcade board. |
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* [[Darling]] is a translation layer that allows you to run unmodified macOS binaries on Linux. In its nature, it is similar to the well-known [[Wine]] project. At this point, does not yet run macOS application with a GUI. | * [[Darling]] is a translation layer that allows you to run unmodified macOS binaries on Linux. In its nature, it is similar to the well-known [[Wine]] project. At this point, does not yet run macOS application with a GUI. | ||
* [https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/ Minecraft Bedrock Launcher] is a compatibility layer made specifically to run the Android version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Linux and macOS. It is not compatible with any other Android apps. | * [https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/ Minecraft Bedrock Launcher] is a compatibility layer made specifically to run the Android version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on Linux and macOS. It is not compatible with any other Android apps. | ||
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==Wrappers== | ==Wrappers== | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd30iUUkJ1A ETA Prime: Run PC Games On Android Easily With Winlator] | ||
[[Category:Compatibility layers]] | [[Category:Compatibility layers]] | ||
[[Category:Not really emulators]] | [[Category:Not really emulators]] | ||
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