Bottles

What Bottles is

Bottles manages Windows prefixes, called bottles, so Windows applications and games can run on Linux through compatibility-layer runners. It provides Gaming, Application, and Custom environments with configurations and dependencies for different uses. Supported runners include Wine and Proton, with builds such as Soda, Caffe, Vaniglia, and CrossOver. Installers use rules to set up programs, while a dependency manager draws on a public, community-driven repository of dependency manifests. Users can install and manage graphics components including DXVK, VKD3D, DXVK-NVAPI, and LatencyFleX. The community App Store offers installers for Windows applications with compatibility grades from Bronze through Platinum. Bottles also lists versioning, backups, duplication, and importing bottles from other managers. The project recommends Flatpak, which bundles dependencies and is described as its most supported and tested release; it is also the only fully sandboxed package. Connection-dependent features are unavailable offline. Giving a runner access to the system home directory breaks the Flatpak sandbox and can put personal files at risk.