Crackover (Complete free version of crossover)

README.md

hi all!

This script is no long maintained, however i do have a friend who has made a far better solution to this problem!

please see https://github.com/totallynotinteresting/crossover for more info :)

if possible could you please star his repo too?

In case who needs the alternative pidof version with ps, awk, xargs commands:

pidof() {
  ps -ax -o pid= -o ucomm= | awk -v proc="$1" 'tolower($2) == tolower(proc) {print $1}' | xargs
}

Refs: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/801103/689392

Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.

Full output when running brew install pidof command:

~$ brew install pidof
==> Fetching downloads for: pidof
Warning: pidof has been deprecated because it has a removed upstream repository! It will be disabled on 2026-01-12.
✔︎ Bottle Manifest pidof (0.1.4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Downloaded   13.6KB/ 13.6KB
✔︎ Bottle pidof (0.1.4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Downloaded    5.3KB/  5.3KB
==> Installing pidof
==> Pouring pidof--0.1.4.arm64_sequoia.bottle.2.tar.gz
🍺  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/pidof/0.1.4: 5 files, 40.8KB
==> Running `brew cleanup pidof`...
Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1`.
Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).

@CladStriffe @adilutp Hello, I have updated this script to work once more! I've also included a bit to refresh your bottles for you! Hip hip hooray! curl: bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Prexry/evil-crossover/refs/heads/main/refresh.sh)

it says preserving original CrossOver -> CrossOver.origin
mv: rename CrossOver to CrossOver.origin: Operation not permitted

does this work for linux (debian)?

please dm me on discord if you cant send it here

SSoggyTacoMan

@mariomaaren
No, if you're on linux, you have no reason to use CrossOver.
You can use Proton via Steam or just use Wine

use proton, crossover is not easier on linux

proton for games, wine for everything else. simply install the package and voila.

Thank you

@zeinib00 what script did you use? I've been trying all that are on this thread but no one worked anymore on Crossover 26

Hola funiconal , sigue funiconando para bajarlo en mi mac m4

I had issues running this and also issues with the coding style/strange language used by the maintainer so I made my alternative. its both on a gist and a github repo:

https://gist.github.com/hexxt-git/af4692796417022beb447bd62a11f68a

https://github.com/hexxt-git/crossover-free-trial-reset