On the recordRead 8 Oct 202618 facts
Scotch
On the record
- Bottle management
- Scotch manages Wine bottles and includes per-program settings for locale, arguments, and environment variables.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Bottle tools
- Scotch includes bottle management, a setup wizard, Winetricks integration, and per-program settings for locale, arguments, and environment variables.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The scotch command-line tool supports list, run, add, remove, and shellenv operations.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- Scotch wraps Wine Staging and uses upstream projects including DXVK, DXMT, Apple's D3DMetal, and Mesa Zink for compatibility and graphics translation.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Diagnostics
- The app includes a diagnostics screen with a live process list, log browser, and effective-environment preview.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- GPU spoofing
- Its GPU identity spoofing presets include AMD RX 7900 XTX, RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA RTX 4090, and RTX 3080, along with Custom and Off options.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Graphics backends
- It offers DXVK, DXMT, D3DMetal, and Zink translation backends, selectable per bottle.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Install size
- Scotch downloads Wine and graphics backends on first run, requiring approximately 500 MB.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies Scotch as GPL-3.0 licensed.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Scotch is a native macOS app for running Windows games and applications on Apple Silicon.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- It requires macOS 26 Tahoe or later, Apple Silicon, and Rosetta 2; the README recommends GStreamer.framework and about 500 MB of free disk for the runtime and overlays.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security and signing
- The v1.2.2 release says Scotch is ad-hoc signed, not Developer ID signed or notarized, and that ad-hoc signing does not provide Apple-verified publisher identity.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Signing
- The v1.2.2 release says the app is ad-hoc signed, not Developer ID signed or notarized, and macOS may block its first launch.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support status
- The README describes Scotch as a personal project and says to use it at your own risk.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Unsupported games
- Games using Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Vanguard, or Ricochet are unsupported.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Unsupported games and devices
- The project says anti-cheat games such as Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, Vanguard, and Ricochet, Intel Macs, and macOS versions older than 26 are unsupported.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Updates
- Automatic updates are not wired up.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Utilities
- Features include integrated Winetricks, diagnostics with a live process list and log browser, and Finder QuickLook thumbnails for .exe files.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
