Darwine

Darwine
Developer(s)	Darwine Project
Stable release	1.0.1 / 2008-10-24
Preview release	1.1.21 / 2009-05-08
Operating system	Mac OS X, Darwin
Platform	Mac
Type	compatibility layer
License	GPL/LGPL
Website	http://darwine.sourceforge.net/

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Darwine is a port of the Wine libraries to Darwin and Mac OS X. Darwine allows Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows applications. The Darwine project intends to port and develop WINE as well as other supporting tools that will allow Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows Applications, and to provide a Win32 API compatibility at application source code level. ^[1]

[edit] History

Darwine was originally intended to support compiling of Win32 source into Mach-O/PowerPC binaries for Macintosh computers. The project is now combining Wine's program loader with QEMU, an x86 emulator, to allow running of Win32 binaries on Mac OS X for PowerPC. However, Darwine's focus shifted due to the Apple Intel transition. Darwine on new x86 Macintosh computers can run Windows programs (if compatible with Wine) natively - resulting in speeds comparable to Mac specific programs. The Darwine project stopped active development in late 2006, but was later revived and new builds - without code changes - were created, starting in mid 2008 by other developers. Version 1.0 was released on June 17, 2008, the same day as version 1.0 of Wine.

[edit] Prebuilt Binaries

During the course of the project several developers have released prebuilt binaries, available for download in a DMG disk image for easier installation. Currently, ports are being built for Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and 10.5 "Leopard".