GnuWin32 Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Cygwin

    228 likes

   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.

   28 Cygwin alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Free Software Directory

    100 likes

   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...

   116 Free Software Directory alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • App Discovery
   • Software Download

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

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   Libre Projects

    78 likes

   A directory of free & open source hosted web applications and alternatives to many proprietary web services.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • App Discovery

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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5. 

   

   MinGW

    129 likes

   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...

   23 MinGW alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

   Application type

   • Compiler

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Open Source Software Directory

    72 likes

   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.

   75 Open Source Software Directory alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • App Discovery
   • Software Download

   Platforms

   • Online

   

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   MSYS2

    49 likes

   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.

   24 MSYS2 alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   osalt

    51 likes

   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

   • App Discovery
   • Similar Search Engine

   Origin

   • Denmark
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Online

   

   

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    MinGW-w64

     23 likes

    The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as well as 32 bit (x86), windows applications using gcc-4.4 or newer versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Compiler
    • Terminal Emulator

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

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11. G

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    gow

     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

    Origin

    • United States

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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12. U

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    unxutils

     7 likes

    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

    U

    

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    Cash

     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    ezwinports

     2 likes

    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

    Origin

    • Israel

    Platforms

    • Windows

    E

    

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