CrossOver

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Android availability

CodeWeavers announced that it stopped supporting the old Google Play CrossOver Android beta and directed Chromebook users to the Linux-based product instead.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Application installer

For listed applications, CrossOver can download installers and required dependencies automatically when those files are freely available online.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

App types

The product is presented for productivity software, utility programs, and games.codeweavers.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Bottle environments

CrossOver places applications in separate bottles containing a Windows-style C: drive, fonts, registry, and program files.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Command-line access

The Mac guide documents opening a bottle shell with Wine environment variables and running Windows executables through the wine command.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company headquarters and size

LinkedIn lists CodeWeavers headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, with 51–200 employees and a 1996 founding year.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company legal name

Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as CodeWeavers, Inc., a private for-profit company founded by Jeremy White.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Compatibility database

CodeWeavers maintains a compatibility center with application-specific ratings, installation recipes, and user-submitted testing information.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Compatibility limits

The maker says CrossOver is not complete, so some Windows applications may have reduced functionality or may not run at all.codeweavers.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Documentation depth

The support site provides Mac and Linux user guides, troubleshooting, changelogs, compatibility resources, forums, and extensive CrossTie profile documentation.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Extensibility

CrossTie documentation covers installer profiles, file and application profiles, pre-installation, installation, post-installation, CD, advanced options, examples, and data types.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Funding and ownership

Crunchbase lists CodeWeavers as private and shows no disclosed funding total or completed funding rounds on the accessible profile.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Gaming support

CrossOver 26 includes Wine 11, D3DMetal 3.0, DXMT updates, and fixes for numerous current Windows games.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Graphics backends

The Mac guide documents selectable Wine, DXVK, D3DMetal, DXMT, and high-resolution graphics modes, plus DLSS through MetalFX.support.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Install and run

The maker advertises one-click installation, running Windows applications without rebooting, and desktop integration.codeweavers.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Licence model

CrossOver is proprietary commercial software; its EULA permits one person per license at a time and restricts reverse engineering, renting, lending, and derivative works.codeweavers.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: compatibility

G2 reviewers report that many applications fail, work only partially, or behave oddly, especially when the underlying Wine support is incomplete.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: documentation and troubleshooting

One G2 reviewer reports difficult shared-folder setup on newer Linux distributions and says troubleshooting information is hard to locate.g2.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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