Whisky

Run Windows games and applications on macOS, using Wine.

Whisky is a native macOS app that wraps Wine with a clean SwiftUI interface. It supports Apple's D3DMetal and the DXVK Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation layer for graphics, and includes built-in compatibility for Steam, Epic, EA App, Battle.net, and other launchers.

Active community fork. The original whisky-app/whisky was archived in April 2025. This fork, maintained by @frankea, continues development. Not affiliated with the original project or getwhisky.app.

Download for macOS View on GitHub

Whisky bottle configuration — graphics backend, Wine, and performance settings

Install via Homebrew

brew install --cask frankea/whisky/whisky

Note: the default brew install --cask whisky still installs the archived original. Use the qualified frankea/whisky/whisky form for this fork.

Requirements

Apple Silicon Mac (M1, M2, M3, M4)
macOS Sequoia 15.0 or later
~800 MB disk space for the bundled Wine runtime (a ~313 MB download)

What's included

Wine 11 with macOS-specific patches
D3DMetal (Apple's Direct3D-to-Metal translation) and DXVK (Direct3D-to-Vulkan)
Launcher compatibility profiles for Steam, Epic, EA App, Battle.net, Rockstar, and more
Stability diagnostics with one-click crash report export
Game compatibility database with 80+ pre-configured entries
Signed and notarized DMG; Sparkle delivers in-app updates

Graphics backends

Whisky translates Direct3D to the Mac GPU two ways, selectable per bottle:

D3DMetal (default) — Apple's Direct3D-to-Metal layer from the Game Porting Toolkit. The fastest path for most modern Direct3D 11/12 titles.
DXVK — Direct3D-to-Vulkan (via MoltenVK), a broad-compatibility fallback for titles D3DMetal doesn't handle. Pinned at the macOS-compatible 1.10.3 by design: the DXVK 2.x line needs Vulkan features macOS doesn't expose, so a higher version number wouldn't run here — a deliberate choice, not a stale dependency.

Anti-cheat: games using kernel-level anti-cheat (EAC, BattlEye, and similar) generally do not run under any Wine-based wrapper on macOS, including Whisky. This is a Wine-wide limitation, not specific to this fork.

Documentation

WhiskyKit API documentation — DocC-generated reference for the framework
Upstream issue audit — per-issue accounting against the archived upstream
Launcher troubleshooting
Stability troubleshooting
Bundled game configurations — 80+ curated per-game setups, browsable in-app under Game Configurations

Whisky is GPL v3 licensed. Source code, releases, and issue tracker on GitHub. Whisky is possible thanks to DXVK-macOS, msync, MoltenVK, Sparkle, CrossOver, and Apple's D3DMetal.