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Porting Kit for Mac

Install games and apps compiled for Microsoft Windows

Quick answer: Porting Kit is a utility for macOS. Install it with brew install --cask porting-kit. The licence is not declared in Homebrew metadata. It has 638 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What Porting Kit is

Porting Kit is a utility for macOS: install games and apps compiled for Microsoft Windows.

It is distributed as a Homebrew cask, which installs a .app bundle into your Applications folder. The project is open source and lives at https://portingkit.com/.

How to install Porting Kit

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install --cask porting-kit.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install Porting Kit on Mac?

Run brew install --cask porting-kit in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is Porting Kit open source?

Homebrew's metadata does not declare a licence for this app, so the official site is the authoritative source.

Does Porting Kit run on Apple silicon?

Yes, as a universal binary.

How popular is Porting Kit?

It was installed 638 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #1338 in this catalogue.

What version of Porting Kit is current?

The latest packaged version is 6.7.0.