MinC is described as 'Has a tiny kernel emulation (285Kb) which runs on Windows. The rest of the software was taken verbatim from OpenBSD, version 6.1. This means that by installing MinC, you run OpenBSD on your Windows machine at native speed' and is a compatibility layer tool in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to MinC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Android Tablet and BSD apps. The best MinC alternative is Cygwin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MinC are Windows Subsystem for Linux, MSYS2, BusyBox and gow.
Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a new Windows 10 feature that enables you to run native Linux command-line tools directly on Windows.
MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.
Single compact binary offering essential Unix utilities for embedded, rescue, and custom Linux builds, supporting Android, FreeBSD, and devices with limited memory and storage. Includes networking, shell, and file handling tools for streamlined deployment.
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful
MSYS is a collection of GNU utilities such as bash, make, gawk and grep to allow building of applications and programs which depend on traditionally UNIX tools to be present.
Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively.
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