WINE 11.1 arrives marking the start of development for the next major update, scheduled for 2027.

  • WINE 11.1 is now available as the first development version of WINE 12.
  • There will be a bi-weekly development version until the end of 2026.
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WINE 11.1

And so it begins again. As with many software projects, after the release of a stable version, work begins on the next one. The WINE release schedule works like this: a stable version usually arrives at the beginning of the year (the most recent being v11.0Later, at the point we're at now, development of the next version begins, and development versions will be released every two weeks. At the end of the year, Release Candidates arrive weekly, and at the beginning of the year, the cycle starts again. With all this explained, It is now available WINE 11.1, the first brick of WINE 12 that will arrive in 2027.

Before we continue, one more explanation: maintenance updates for WINE 11.0 will be released throughout 2026, and these will be stable versions. The next stable version will be numbered, barring any surprises, WINE 11.0.1. The updates released every two weeks will increment by the second number (11.1, 11.2, 11.3…), and these will pave the way for WINE 12.0.

As for new features, WINE 11.1 has implemented several changes that were delayed after the code freeze, including more pixel format conversions in WindowsCodecs and more work on ActiveX Data Objects (MSADO), in addition to the usual bug fixes. Specifically, 22 bugs have been corrected, as listed below, and a total of 207 changes made.

Bugs fixed in WINE 11.1

  • SureThing CD Labeler freezes when starting a new project.
  • PAF5 throws an exception after canceling a print job from the help viewer.
  • The Mathearbeit G 5.6 installer gets stuck during installation because ShellFolder attributes for the virtual printer folder are missing from the registry.
  • The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.x GAC update fails for some assemblies with an mscorlib compilation error due to the absence of the legacy GAC.
  • Calling WsaGetLastError() after calling getsockopt() with a file descriptor that is not a socket behaves differently than Windows.
  • Several games feature corrupted text rendering, such as Project Cars 2 and SnowRunner.
  • The PDFsam installer's disk usage page indicates that an empty CD drive has the same amount of free space as the previous drive in the list.
  • LdrLoadDll causes an illegal memory access when using DllPath.
  • Microsoft Edge and Edge-based WebView2 do not work without the –no-sandbox option.
  • Variable refresh rate does not work correctly with WINEWAYLAND.
  • Sacred Gold 2.28 ASE crashes when starting multiplayer mode.
  • Camerabag Pro 2025.2 does not load image data unless windowscodecs are used via winetricks.
  • iTunes 12.9.3 freezes after opening.
  • Many Microsoft Store installers fail to start due to a System.TypeLoadException.
  • Several applications crash due to unimplemented ICU features.
  • The icons appear damaged in Wayland.
  • Ubisoft Connect freezes on WINE 11.0-rc2.
  • FastStone Image Viewer cannot open some PNG images due to an unimplemented wincodecs conversion.
  • The GOG GALAXY launcher starts by displaying a completely white screen.
  • CEnumerateSerial requires the unimplemented function msports.dll.ComDBOpen.
  • Genshin Impact requires that ntdll.CloseThreadpoolCleanupGroupMembers not block when called from a DLL_PROCESS_DETACH notification.
  • A program in LMDE 6 with WINE works correctly, but stops working in LMDE 7 with WINE.

Now available for testing, but it's not stable

Wine 11.1 is now available for download from the button below. Its download page also contains information on how to install this and other versions on Linux operating systems, as well as others like macOS and even Android.

In two weeks, if the usual schedule holds and nothing suggests otherwise, WINE 11.2 will arrive, also with dozens of changes to prepare for WINE 12.0, which, based on past releases, will arrive in early 2027. This pace will continue until the end of the year, when the release frequency will increase to weekly Release Candidates, then stable (WINE 12), and then development of WINE 13.0 will begin, but this is getting ahead of ourselves.