# Winetricks/winetricks

Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine

Repository: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/winetricks
Language: Shell
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Topics: winetricks, shell, wine, winehq, wine-staging, gaming
Last push: 2026-08-07T08:41:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4189, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": 220, "gap_med": 388, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3520, forks 464 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.947888+00:00)

## What it is
Winetricks is a shell script that provides an easy way to work around problems in Wine, the Windows compatibility layer. It offers a menu of supported applications with automatic workarounds, installs missing DLLs, and tweaks various Wine settings.

## Use cases
- install missing DLLs in a Wine prefix
- fix Windows apps that fail under Wine
- automatically configure Wine for a specific game
- tweak Wine settings from the command line
- set up a Wine prefix for running Windows software
- work around Wine compatibility bugs

## When to choose
- you run Windows applications or games on Linux or macOS via Wine
- you need to install native Windows DLLs or fonts into a Wine prefix
- you want scripted, repeatable Wine prefix setup
- you want automatic workarounds for known Wine issues with specific apps

## When to avoid
- you need a full Windows VM or native performance
- you use Proton/Steam and only need per-game tweaks handled by Proton itself
- you want a graphical Wine configuration tool only (winetricks has a GUI but is script-first)
- you are not using Wine at all

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: gaming-tools, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: wine, windows-compatibility, dll-installation, shell-script, wine-prefix, gaming, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Winetricks/winetricks (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.947888+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 2026-08-29T18:35:32.311802+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.947888+00:00, sha 5bfd61a3ac17)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.