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It looks like MUSHclient is a Windows application. Can this run on Mac or Linux?

Yes, I (Fiendish) personally do this. Two primary methods are explained below -- running through Wine and running inside a virtual machine.

Will it also work for iOS?

No.

ChromeOS?

Maybe, but maybe only for Chromebooks with x86 CPUs, not ones with ARM CPUs. You'll have to do your own research for this one.

Running MUSHclient in Wine on Mac or Linux

What is Wine?

WineHQ describes it in the following basic way: "Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows."

One of the major benefits of using Wine is that you do not need to install Windows.

How do I install Wine?

Requirements:

• A Mac or Linux PC with an x86 or Apple Silicon CPU from the last few decades (Macs from before 2007 cannot use Wine).

If you have macOS 10.15 or later (YES, THIS WORKS ON APPLE SILICON MACS):

• (my preferred way) install with homebrew (https://brew.sh) (free) with the command

  brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine@devel
  

• or visit https://www.portingkit.com/ (also free)
• or visit https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac (commercial)

If you have macOS 10.8-10.14 visit https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/macosx/download.html (I prefer the "Staging" version)

If you're running a GNU/Linux, BSD, or other Unix-like distribution, visit https://wiki.winehq.org/Download

Running MUSHclient in a virtual machine

What is a virtual machine?

Unlike Wine, where you do not need to actually install Windows to use Windows software, setting up a virtual machine means essentially creating a whole virtual computer running a second operating system that runs inside of your main operating system. Popular virtual machine software for the Mac includes VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop. Of those three, VirtualBox has the significant benefit that it is free/open source software and doesn't cost anything.

How do I install a virtual machine?

Requirements:

• A Mac or GNU/Linux PC with an x86 CPU from the last few decades.

After installing your virtual machine host software, you will need to install Windows as a guest operating system. Whichever software you choose will walk you through this process. After installing Windows inside your virtual machine, you will have a fully functional secondary operating system inside of which you can then download and run the Aardwolf MUSHclient Package.