MinGW Alternatives

MinGW is described as '("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. It provides a complete Open Source programming toolset which is suitable for the development of native MS-Windows (x86) applications, which do not depend on any' and is a very popular Compiler in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MinGW for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best MinGW alternative is Termux, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MinGW are PowerShell, Windows Terminal, Cygwin and ReTerminal.

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  1. The Tiny C Compiler is an x86, x86-64 and ARM processor C compiler created by Fabrice Bellard. It is designed to work for slow computers with little disk space . Windows operating system support was added in version 0.9.23 .

    11 Tiny C Compiler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. The Windows SDK provides tools, compilers, headers, libraries, code samples, and a new help system that developers can use to create applications that run on Microsoft Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. DJGPP icon
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    DJGPP (DJ's GNU Programming Platform) is a development suite for 386+ IBM PC compatibles which supports DOS-enabled operating systems. It is guided by DJ Delorie, who began the project in 1989. It is a port of the popular GCC compiler, as well as mostly GNU utilities such as...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5.  28 likes

    Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  6. BossTerm icon
     1 like

    Pure Kotlin terminal emulator. Works with SSH and PTY.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  7. Babun icon
     20 likes

    Would you like to use a linux-like console on a Windows host without a lot of fuzz? Try out babun!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Git
    • Cygwin
    • zsh
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  8. TCC/LE icon
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    TCC/LE is a complete CMD replacement, and is compatible with your existing Windows command prompt and CMD batch files, while adding thousands of new features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. speedLinux icon
     3 likes

    SpeedLinux is a customized coLinux. coLinux is not a VM but it can be used in the same way. Installation of Speedlinux results in a complete LINUX System with X server running side on side with Windows on a single PC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. PyCmd icon
     21 likes

    PyCmd is a smart command prompt extension for Windows cmd.exe; its purpose is to emulate a few power features of UNIX shells (decent Tab-completion, persistent history, etc.) while remaining 100% compatible with the cmd.exe syntax.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
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