PlayOnMac

PlayOnMac
Developer(s) Quentin Pâris
Repository
Edit this at Wikidata
Operating system macOS
Type Compatibility layer
License GPL, LGPL
Website playonmac.com

PlayOnMac is a free compatibility layer for macOS that allows installation and use of video games and apps designed to run on Microsoft Windows. PlayOnMac is based on the open-source Wine project.[1][2]

The software uses an online database of installers (called scripts) that are applied to different applications that need special configuration. The scripts act as installers for the desired software. If the game or software is not in the database, a manual installation can be performed but the result cannot be guaranteed. Aside from games, any other program can be installed and each one is put in a different container to prevent interference of one program with another.[3][4] PlayOnMac allows users to install some of the most popular Windows applications and many games.[5]

As with Wine, the use of PlayOnMac does not require nor use a Windows license.

PlayOnMac is developed using a combination of Bash and Python and uses the toolkit wxPython.

Notable supported software

PlayOnMac supports various piece of software including:[5]

Unsupported software

Software that is not officially supported may also work if the setup or executable program is launched with PlayOnMac

See also

References

  1. ↑ "7 Apps To Help You Run Windows Programs On Another OS". EFYTimes.
  2. ↑ "How to Run Windows Programs on Mac". tech-faq.com. Tech-FAQ. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  3. ↑ "Create a script for PlayOnMac - Chapter 5: Wine". playonmac.com.
  4. ↑ "PlayOnMac". winehq.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  5. 1 2 "Supported software". playonmac.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Installing PlayOnMac and Internet Explorer 8" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-03-12.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.