--- title: TibixDev/winboat: Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨... description: WinBoat is an open-source tool that enables running Windows applications natively on Linux systems through virtualization and containerization. It provides... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tibixdev-winboat-run-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-tiffy9y2y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: TibixDev/winboat: Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration | daily.dev og:description: WinBoat is an open-source tool that enables running Windows applications natively on Linux systems through virtualization and containerization. It provides... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tibixdev-winboat-run-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-tiffy9y2y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TIfFy9Y2y.png og:image:alt: TibixDev/winboat: Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TibixDev/winboat: Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 230 upvotes · 15 comments ## Summary WinBoat is an open-source tool that enables running Windows applications natively on Linux systems through virtualization and containerization. It provides seamless integration with the Linux desktop environment, automated installation processes, filesystem sharing between Windows and Linux, and supports running both individual Windows apps and the full Windows desktop experience. The project is currently in beta and requires KVM virtualization, Docker, and specific system resources to function properly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@buckerooo** · 5 upvotes > I wonder if this works with games that only run on windows or just native applications for windows smoothly. I only come to windows for gaming and some software tools thats kept from linux or else Id just stick to linux. It would be amazing to have this and be able to leave windows for good. **@sterbenn** · 4 upvotes > hell yeah, now work on the other side, > improve wsl performance xd > > i bet that actually, is way better to work on a vm linux on windows rather than using WSL **@mohamedrayenzaafouri** · 2 upvotes > Linux is getting more fixes. The world is healing **@altamayo02** · 1 upvotes > how does it compare to Wine? **@wanxp** · 0 upvotes > Great. If this works perfectly as it being said, I will test it with “work.weixin” APP --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#docker-compose](https://daily.dev/tags/docker-compose) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tibixdev-winboat-run-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-tiffy9y2y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"TibixDev/winboat: Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tibixdev-winboat-run-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-tiffy9y2y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tibixdev-winboat-run-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-tiffy9y2y"},"datePublished":"2025-09-02T11:51:15.553Z","dateModified":"2025-09-02T11:51:29.842Z","description":"WinBoat is an open-source tool that enables running Windows applications natively on Linux systems through virtualization and containerization. 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I only come to windows for gaming and some software tools thats kept from linux or else Id just stick to linux. 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