WineBottler allows users to bottle Windows applications as Mac apps.

WineBottler allows users to bottle Windows applications as Mac apps. This gives you the ability to run Windows-based programs on your Mac which helps bridge the gap if you’re missing out on a Windows app. It allows you to run things such as browsers, media players, games, and business applications.

Wine has always been popular among Linux users for running Windows programs, but Wine is available for Mac, too – and now, free utility WineBottler can “bottle” Windows programs into separate application bundles that run as standalone Mac apps.

In other words, WineBottler is a tool similar to codeweavers’ Crossover, where separate prefixes are created per app. However, WineBottler ‘wraps’ or ‘bottles’ the separate prefixes in an application bundle. WineBottler allows standalone (i.e., not requiring wine to be installed) applications to be created as well, by including the wine bundle inside the standalone application bundle.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.