# bottlesdevs/Bottles

Run Windows software and games on Linux

Repository: https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bottles
Homepage: https://usebottles.com
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wine, wineprefix-manager, python, bottles, wineprefix, proton, games, gaming, linux, wine-prefixes, dxvk, bottles-versioning, msi, gtk4, libadwaita
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:02:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3245, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 2.5, "n_releases_24m": 39}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8743, forks 371 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:25.477899+00:00)

## What it is
Bottles is a GTK4/Linux application for managing Wine prefixes so users can run Windows software and games on Linux. It provides a friendly GUI for creating isolated environments with runners like Wine and Proton, plus tools like DXVK.

## Use cases
- run windows games on linux
- manage wine prefixes
- install windows software on linux
- use proton outside steam
- isolate wine environments per application
- apply dxvk to wine prefixes

## When to choose
- you want a GUI instead of manual winecfg/prefix commands
- you need multiple isolated Wine environments with different runners
- you want easy DXVK/Proton runner management on Linux

## When to avoid
- you are on Windows or macOS
- you need a headless/CLI-only Wine setup
- you only run Steam games and Proton via Steam suffices

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: wine, wineprefix, proton, dxvk, gtk4, windows-compatibility, gaming, python, linux, desktop, flatpak

## Member repositories
- bottlesdevs/Bottles (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.477899+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:25:17.736020+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:25.477899+00:00, sha a713d144eb8f)
  - homepage: https://usebottles.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:25:42.478989+00:00, sha ebfb3f041412)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.