While we cannot guarantee full support for Windower 4 on Linux systems, it does generally work through the magic of Wine and/or Proton, depending on your system.

Basic Requirements

In general, the following requirements apply for compatibility with minimal workarounds:

  • runner based on Wine 10 or newer, or preferably a gaming optimized one like Proton.
  • dotnet48, gdiplus, corefonts installed via winetricks
  • DirectX 8 compatibilty layer, preferably DXVK

Note: The suggested Lumoria installation method meets these requirements, but you can certainly install without Lumoria as well.

Lumoria

Preferred method, Last Updated 2026-09-22

Lumoria is a Windower Community project that brings the tools for playing Final Fantasy XI with Windower 4 on Linux into one place, making setup easier from start to finish.

Visit the Lumoria website for setup guidance, installation options, and project links.

FOR REFERENCE ONLY
For historical reference, the previous methods remain documented here:
Lutris Installations - Deprecated Linux Installations - Deprecated