GnuWin32 Alternatives

GnuWin32 is described as 'Provides Win32 (MS Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008) ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to GnuWin32 for Windows, Web-based, Mac and Linux. The best GnuWin32 alternative is Free Software Directory, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GnuWin32 are Libre Projects, Open Source Software Directory, MSYS2 and osalt.

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  1. Free Software Directory icon

    Free Software Directory

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    The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Free Software Directory is the most popular Web-based alternative to GnuWin32.

    • Free Software Directory is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GnuWin32.

    • Free Software Directory is Free and Open SourceGnuWin32 is also Free and Open Source
    • Free Software Directory is Lightweight and Privacy focusedGnuWin32 is not according to our users
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    Open Source Software Directory

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    The aim of the Open Source Software Directory is to list the best and most promising open source software available on the Internet. The focus is on end-user programs for home users, and small and medium businesses.

    70 Open Source Software Directory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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    MSYS2

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    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.

    18 MSYS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • MSYS2 is the most popular Windows alternative to GnuWin32.

    • MSYS2 is Free and Open SourceGnuWin32 is also Free and Open Source
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    osalt

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    Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software.

    Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products. And remember that open source software is also a freeware alternative.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. gow

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    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. unxutils

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    Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

  10. ezwinports

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    Collection of ports to MS-Windows of GNU and Unix software packages, which either don't have precompiled Windows binaries available, or whose existing ports are buggy or broken. All the ports are built using the MinGW development environment, with or without MSYS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Cash

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    Cash is a cross-platform implementation of Unix shell commands written in pure ES6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • Cash is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to GnuWin32.

    • Cash is Free and Open SourceGnuWin32 is also Free and Open Source
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