winbox-mac vs winbox

winbox-mac

MikroTik Winbox bundled into macOS app with Wine (by nrlquaker)

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winbox

Snap package with winbox from MikroTik (https://mikrotik.com) (by panaceya)

winbox Snap Linux linux-desktop-app Mikrotik standwithukraine

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winbox-mac		winbox
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6	Mentions	3
1,354	Stars	86
-	Growth	-
6.0	Activity	4.4
2 months ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Shell	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	-

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winbox-mac

Posts with mentions or reviews of winbox-mac. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-05.

CLI or Winbox or WebGUI
1 project | /r/mikrotik | 14 Apr 2023

I use winbox-mac which works pretty well on my MacBook Pro M1.
Winbox or Web?
1 project | /r/mikrotik | 29 Mar 2023

There are even some folks, that packaged Winbox into mac .app, so it shows nice in finder and can be put into dock, like this: https://github.com/nrlquaker/winbox-mac
What can MikroTik/RouterOS **not** do?
4 projects | /r/mikrotik | 5 Oct 2022

This wine-wrapped version works well for me: https://github.com/nrlquaker/winbox-mac.
Trouble connecting to SwitchOS from macOS but not in a VM on same host
1 project | /r/mikrotik | 29 Jun 2021

I am not sure what is going on there, but I would check using Winbox first, there is a Mac build at https://github.com/nrlquaker/winbox-mac
I have a brand new Mac with Big Sur and Apple hardware (not intel). Is there any possible way for me to run wine on it? Thanks for any help
1 project | /r/wine_gaming | 25 Feb 2021

Ive tested upstream wine64 running under Rosetta2 and its not very useful outside of very specific niche use cases (see winbox-mac)

winbox

Posts with mentions or reviews of winbox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-22.

[LINUX] I made a Flatpak bundle of Winbox!
2 projects | /r/mikrotik | 22 Dec 2022
What can MikroTik/RouterOS **not** do?
4 projects | /r/mikrotik | 5 Oct 2022

Nope, not official https://snapcraft.io/winbox
Is there a winbox alternative for linux?
3 projects | /r/mikrotik | 12 Mar 2021

There is a snap with wine and winbox inside https://github.com/panaceya/winbox

What are some alternatives?

When comparing winbox-mac and winbox you can also consider the following projects:

winbox-installer - Install winbox in fedora/ubuntu linux, using wine

nextcloud-snap - ☁️📦 Nextcloud packaged as a snap

macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS

retroarch-snap - RetroArch snap package

openwrt_mikrotik_cap_ac - openwrt mikrotik cap ac firmware

Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.

winbox - Run Winbox in container, because why not?

macOS-Simple-KVM - Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.

obs-studio - This is a community-supported modified build of OBS Studio.

notes - :pencil: Simple delightful note taking, with more unix and less lock-in.