{"id":49267,"date":"2025-07-14T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49267"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:41:47","slug":"simple-app-manage-windows-apps-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/simple-app-manage-windows-apps-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet New Simple App to Install &#038; Manage Windows Apps via Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-49268\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/winecharm-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For beginners who want to install (or already have) Windows apps \/ games through wine, here&#8217;s a new graphical app to make things stupid simple!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fastrizwaan\/WineCharm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WineCharm<\/a>, a free open-source Python written application that uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for a modern UI well integrated with GNOME Desktop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49269\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background-700x419.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background-700x419.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background-768x459.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WineCharm-background.webp 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winehq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine<\/a> is a popular free open-source software for running Windows apps or games in Linux and macOS. It has quite a few front-end, such as Bottles, Lutris, and PlayOnLinux.<\/p>\n<p>WineCharm is a new one designed to simplify running and managing Windows applications on Linux through Wine.<\/p>\n<p>It supports installing\/running Windows apps through <code>.exe<\/code> or <code>.msi<\/code> files, and importing apps through wine folders.<\/p>\n<p>It offers <b>per app setting<\/b> options to choose which wine to use, Add\/Remove app shortcut, view log, backup, and configure environment variables.<\/p>\n<p>While, advanced users can configure more by using app specific Wine options, editing scripts, and open app folder either in terminal or file-manager for more operations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49270\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49270\" class=\"size-large wp-image-49270\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app-700x495.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app-700x495.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app-768x543.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/manage-wine-app.webp 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">per wine app settings page<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Besides per app options, it also has global settings page, allowing to <b>download\/install multiple Wine versions<\/b> (e.g., wine-proton for gaming, wine-wow64 for 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit Linux, and wine stable\/devel), set default Wine, import\/export, and delete wine runners.<\/p>\n<p>As well, it supports creating and managing templates, setting Wine arch (64-bit or 32-bit), and single prefix mode to save space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49271\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine-700x541.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine-700x541.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine-300x232.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine-768x593.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/download-wine.webp 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install WineCharm<\/h3>\n<p>The app is available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/io.github.fastrizwaan.WineCharm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> in most Linux to run in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<p>Linux Mint and Fedora Workstation (with 3rd party repository enabled) may search &amp; install it directly from either Software Manager and GNOME Software.<\/p>\n<p>While, Debian, Ubuntu and other Linux may run the commands below one by one to install:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, open terminal (press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> in Ubuntu) and run command to install Flatpak daemon:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>For other Linux, follow the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable Flatpak support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45732\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-768x550.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Then, run the command below to install the Flatpak package:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.github.fastrizwaan.WineCharm.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49272\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm-700x564.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm-700x564.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm-300x242.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm-768x619.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/flatpak-winecharm.webp 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, search for and launch the app from either GNOME Overview or the start menu depends on your desktop. If app icon is not visible, try to log out and back in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/launch-winecharm.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49273\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/launch-winecharm.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/launch-winecharm.webp 535w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/launch-winecharm-300x155.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, to check updates for the app package, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak update io.github.fastrizwaan.WineCharm<\/pre>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall WineCharm flatpak package, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.github.fastrizwaan.WineCharm<\/pre>\n<p><b>NOTE: If you want to keep the apps installed via WineCharm, skip <code>--delete-data<\/code> option in last command.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And, run the <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> command to remove useless run-time libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For beginners who want to install (or already have) Windows apps \/ games through wine, here&#8217;s a new graphical app to make things stupid simple! It&#8217;s WineCharm, a free open-source Python written application that uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for a modern UI well integrated with GNOME Desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[173],"class_list":["post-49267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-review","tag-wine"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}