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MinGW ("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...

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Top Positive Comment
Sour Ce
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Great cross-compiler for Windows Linux.

Top Negative Comment
Nuncio Bitis
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According to their website, it hasn't been updated since 2017

Alternative User929
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According to SF repository, it (MinGW) was moved to https://osdn.net/projects/mingw

This new site, however, is not loading well (possibly an interim issue).

Another point is, that MinGW does not integrate well in Windows. There are no folder in Startmenu and there is no options to remove from the Remove GUI. The whole package lays bare metal on C:\

TheBlueRuby
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MinGW provides a simple way for linux devs to compile their projects for Windows without having to learn how to use MSVC or Visual Studio

r3tr0g4m3r
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Has pacman as package manager, easier to use than cygwin,great!

pcmind
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This is has having bash in windows, without have heavy cygwin along. You have profile, home dir, /c/… drive like pipe and much more. Love it

WhiteTiger

aren't u talking about MSYS? MSYS isn't MinGW^^ MinGW is a (GCC) Compiler Suite...

pcmind

My bad. Was using the full pack, but realy the console is from Msys project.

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What is MinGW?

MinGW ("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 3rd-party C-Runtime DLLs.

MinGW compilers provide access to the functionality of the Microsoft C runtime and some language-specific runtimes. MinGW, being Minimalist, does not, and never will, attempt to provide a POSIX runtime environment for POSIX application deployment on MS-Windows. If you want POSIX application deployment on this platform, please consider Cygwin instead.

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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about MinGW, and it has gotten 129 likes

MinGW was added to AlternativeTo by mitry on and this page was last updated . MinGW is sometimes referred to as Minimalist GNU for Windows.