Hangover

Spec sheet

Purpose

Hangover runs x86_64 and x86_32 Windows applications on aarch64 Wine.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

A Discord server offers advanced user support and development discussions to contributors and previous financial supporters.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository identifies its license as LGPL-2.1.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Founded

2016Read 28 Sep 2026 · github.com

64-bit emulation

For 64-bit applications, Hangover uses the ARM64EC ABI with the FEX emulator.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Additional packages

The README points to a Termux repository for Termux packages.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Build availability

The project provides build instructions for users who want to build it themselves.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

DXVK requirement

DXVK requires a Vulkan 1.3 driver with certain features, which may be unavailable on many ARM64 devices.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Emulation

Hangover uses emulator DLLs to emulate the application rather than an entire Wine installation.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Emulator integrations

The repository lists FEX and Box64 integrations; QEMU was removed and Blink is not yet part of the repository.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Graphics

Wayland is not enabled by default, and the README documents how to enable it instead of X11.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Graphics compatibility

Wayland is not enabled by default, and the README documents how to configure it in place of X11.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

How it works

It uses emulator DLLs to emulate the application rather than an entire Wine installation.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Linux packages

GitHub releases provide Debian packages and the README lists Debian 12 and 13 and Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 and 25.10; Termux packages are available in its repository.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Native execution

Hangover can run applications natively without emulation, such as ARM64 7-Zip on ARM64.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Performance approach

Windows/Wine system calls and Unix-related work run outside the emulator, with the project describing this as a performance approach enabled by Wine WoW64 support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Performance design

Windows/Wine system calls and Unix-related operations run outside the emulator.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Project status

The maintainer says they plan to continue releases and updates while investing less time in the project, except for the RISC-V port.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Supported use

Its main focus is x86_64 and i386 Windows applications on ARM64 Linux; ARM32 Windows applications can also run on x86_64 Linux.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Supported workloads

The main focus is x86_64 and i386 Windows applications on ARM64 Linux, with ARM32 Windows applications on x86_64 Linux also possible.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Unsupported architecture

PPC64le is no longer supported and the project says it will not be added back in the near future.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Windows Compatibility Layers#18 of 267.2
• Game Compatibility Layers#20 of 277.1