Software · Consoles, homebrew & emulation

Bottles

Run Windows software.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: The Bottles Contributors
Latest version: 67.6 (4 November 2026)
Latest activity: 4 November 2026
Source code: github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles

At a glance

Bottles is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Bottles lets you run Windows software on Linux, such as applications and games. It introduces a workflow that helps you organize by categorizing each software to your liking. Bottles provides several tools and integrations to help you manage and optimize your applications. Features: Use pre-configured environments as a base Change runners for any bottle Various optimizations and options for gaming Repair in case software or bottle is broken Install various known dependencies Integrated task manager to manage and monitor processes Backup and restore

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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