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Madeira – Run Windows PC games on a non-jailbroken iPhone

Updated September 27, 2026 · 12:02 AM · source date September 26, 2026

Summary

Madeira – Run Windows PC games on a non-jailbroken iPhone willfaust / Madeira Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 145 Star 656 Branches Tags Open more actions menu Latest commit History 206 Commits 206 Commits Folders and files Name Name Last commit message Last commit date .githooks .githooks FEX @ 0f8edf8 FEX @ 0f8edf8 LICENSES LICENSES app app build build docs docs patches patches research research scripts scripts tools tools wine @ 723d1bf wine @ 723d1bf .gitignore .gitignore .gitmodules .gitmodules ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING COPYING LICENSE LICENSE LICENSE-EXCEPTION.md LICENSE-EXCEPTION.md README.md README.md STEAM_CEF_HANDOFF.md STEAM_CEF_HANDOFF.md THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md Repository files navigation Madeira Run Windows PC games on a non-jailbroken iPhone. Madeira combines Wine (ARM64EC), FEX-Emu for x86-64 → ARM64 translation, and DXMT for D3D11 → Metal, running as a single Mach process on iOS with wineserver as a thread rather than a separate process.

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  • willfaust / Madeira Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 145 Star 656 Branches Tags Open more actions menu Latest commit History 206 Commits 206 Commits Folders and files Name Name Last commit message Last commit date .githooks .githooks FEX @ 0f8edf8 FEX @ 0f8edf8 LICENSES LICENSES app app build build docs docs patches patches research research scripts scripts tools tools wine @ 723d1bf wine @ 723d1bf .gitignore .gitignore .gitmodules .gitmodules ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md ARCHITECTURE_ANALYSIS.md CONTRIBUTING.md CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING COPYING LICENSE LICENSE LICENSE-EXCEPTION.md LICENSE-EXCEPTION.md README.md README.md STEAM_CEF_HANDOFF.md STEAM_CEF_HANDOFF.md THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md Repository files navigation Madeira Run Windows PC games on a non-jailbroken iPhone.
  • Madeira combines Wine (ARM64EC), FEX-Emu for x86-64 → ARM64 translation, and DXMT for D3D11 → Metal, running as a single Mach process on iOS with wineserver as a thread rather than a separate process.
  • Status Thumper and ULTRAKILL are playable.
  • Marvel Cosmic Invasion has reached gameplay, though a run has also ended in an unexplained termination and its controls are not yet reliable.
  • Others reach gameplay at low frame rates.
  • This is a research project, not a product: expect rough edges, per-title quirks and breaking changes.
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