The Wine project released version 10.19 on November 14, 2025, as a bi-weekly development update aimed at enhancing compatibility for Windows applications on Linux. This release includes key improvements in file system handling, scripting, and error management. It advances the project toward the stable Wine 11.0 release expected in early December.
Wine 10.19, the latest development release from the open-source project, arrived on November 14, 2025, continuing efforts to run Windows software on non-Windows platforms like Linux. This bi-weekly update incorporates over 300 changes, addressing compatibility and performance issues.
Key enhancements focus on file system compatibility, with initial support for reparse points in the NTFS driver. Reparse points enable advanced file operations such as symbolic links and mount points, which are essential for applications relying on complex Windows file structures. The release also adds new JScript typed arrays, improving support for JavaScript-based applications and ensuring consistent behavior in cross-platform environments.
Improvements to WinRT exception handling enhance stability for Windows Runtime applications, including Metro-style apps and those built with Universal Windows Platform frameworks. Additionally, Wine 10.19 fixes 34 bugs reported in software like Adobe Photoshop CS4, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, and games such as Resident Evil 4.
These updates have implications for gaming, particularly through Valve's Proton, which uses Wine to enable Windows games on Linux via Steam. The project is accelerating toward Wine 11.0, with a code freeze planned for early December. Alexandre Julliard, Wine's lead maintainer, has highlighted the role of incremental updates in achieving goals like full Wayland support and enhanced Vulkan integration.
Community contributions from a global network of developers drive these advancements, underscoring Wine's importance for Linux adoption in enterprise and consumer spaces where legacy Windows applications persist.