Run Windows applications and games on macOS with a native SwiftUI experience.
Bourbon is a modern Windows compatibility layer frontend for macOS built entirely in SwiftUI.
Originally inspired by Whisky, Bourbon has grown into its own actively maintained project with modern updates, improved onboarding, automatic updates, community-driven development, and a growing ecosystem.
- 🍾 One-click Bottle creation
- 🖥 Native SwiftUI interface
- ⚡ Automatic Sparkle updates
- 📦 Distillery package manager
- 🐞 Built-in bug reporting
- 🔐 Secure licensing
- 🛠 Runtime API
- 🧪 Stable & Beta release channels
- Apple Silicon
- macOS Sonoma 14+
- Internet connection for downloads & updates
Download the latest release from the Releases page.
Bourbon includes automatic updates through Sparkle, so once installed you'll always stay up to date.
Join the official Discord.
- Support
- Bug reports
- Beta testing
- Feature requests
- Bourbon Board
Current work includes:
- Distillery expansion
- Bourbon Board
- Improved package management
- More compatibility improvements
- Better onboarding
Bourbon is built upon years of incredible work from the open-source community.
Special thanks to:
- Wine
- CrossOver
- Sparkle
- MoltenVK
- DXVK-macOS
- Game Porting Toolkit
- SemanticVersion
- Swift Argument Parser
And of course, thank you to Isaac Marovitz for creating Whisky, which inspired Bourbon.
See LICENSE for details.