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Whisky

Whisky is a free, open-source gaming app for macOS. Active community fork of the archived whisky-app/whisky — a modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI. It has 884 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at frankea/Whisky.

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About Whisky

Active community fork. The original whisky-app/whisky > was archived on April 9, 2025 with a final maintenance notice. This fork, maintained by > @frankea, continues development — addressing the backlog of > upstream issues and adding new functionality. Not affiliated with the original project or > getwhisky.app.

Install Whisky

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Homebrew (macOS)
brew install --cask frankea

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What is Whisky?

Whisky is a free, open-source gaming app for macOS. Active community fork of the archived whisky-app/whisky — a modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI. It has 884 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at frankea/Whisky.

Is Whisky free and open source?

Yes. Whisky's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Whisky?

Homebrew: brew install --cask frankea. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: app-v3.7.0).

Is Whisky still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.