gow

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

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Discontinued

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  • Windows
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  • Developed by

    US flagBrent Matzelle

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

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    24 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Dave Mackey
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Unfortunately, this software hasn't been updated in several years.

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What is gow?

Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 10 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options.

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