PHPhilippGille·Nov 24, 2025Submission
2 points · Open discussionwinboat-org
winboat
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winboat-org / winboat
winboat
Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration
3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
23.4KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Run Windows apps on 🐧 Linux with ✨ seamless integration
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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Also in these discussions
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by week3 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2025-09-02 04:24:07 UTC to 2025-11-24 19:14:40 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | 2025-09-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | 2025-09-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | 2025-09-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | 2025-09-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | 2025-10-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | 2025-10-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | 2025-10-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | 2025-10-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | 2025-11-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesDoes it have display manager integration akin to Parallels Desktop’s Coherence mode? This is what the catch-phrase of WinBoat makes it sound like.
https://kb.parallels.com/4670
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Edit: yes it does! See the README.md of the project on GitHub:
> Elegant Interface: Sleek and intuitive interface that seamlessly integrates Windows into your Linux desktop environment, making it feel like a native experience
Source: https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat
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