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winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)
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cassowary
Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native, Use linux applications to launch files files located in windows vm without needing to install applications on vm. With easy to use configuration GUI
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mcpelauncher-manifest
The main repository for the Linux and Mac OS Bedrock edition Minecraft launcher.
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waydroid
Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.
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Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Discontinued A collection of scripts for activating Microsoft products using HWID / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods with a focus on open-source code, less antivirus detection and user-friendliness.
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better winapps alternative or higher similarity.
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We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-03-24.
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Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating
What percentage of MS Office user can, in your estimation, complete the steps as described in this readme?
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
I'd estimate <1%
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- The Window Chrome of Our Discontent
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I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
I am in a similar boat; my media editing machine ruined windows 10 so that I can use Lightroom. But I would dearly love to ditch windows so I'm currently looking to try out running Lightroom under Winapps to see if it is usable. There's no way of passing the GPU through without something like SR-IOV so I'll have to see how it goes.
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
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WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
Note that it currently only works with xfreerdp¹, so that means you share the X11 socket with this program. Although freerdp is also available for Wayland, the single app mode (aka RemoteApp aka RAILS) reportedly has not been implemented yet on the SDL port.
1. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/issues/779
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YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Once the masses discover that KDE is just as user friendly as Windows these days and that is relatively easy to run (most) Windows apps they love through Bottles (https://usebottles.com/), and WinApps (https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps)...
oof
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WinBoat: Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
WinApps is the project to watch (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps), although they're still working on Wayland support (https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/issues/779#issuecomme...). It can get by through xwayland for the time being, it seems.
- Run Windows apps in Linux as if they were a part of the native OS
- WinApps: Stream Windows apps from a Docker container over RDP
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How to Set Up Microsoft Office on Linux Mint 21.3: A Comprehensive Guide
While native support is missing, you can still use Microsoft Office on Linux by running it in a Windows environment using WinApps (https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps). WinApps renders Windows applications running on a Windows environment on your Linux desktop with the RDP protocal. I chose to run Windows environment via Docker containers. Here’s how you can set it up:
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www.saashub.com | 13 Aug 2026
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Basic winapps repo stats
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8.4
9 days ago
winapps-org/winapps is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of winapps is Shell.
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