Microsoft Windows SDK Alternatives

Microsoft Windows SDK is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows, Linux, BSD and Mac. The best Microsoft Windows SDK alternative is MinGW, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Windows SDK are MSYS2, MinGW-w64, gow and ImpLib SDK.

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  1. MinGW icon
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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...

    22 MinGW alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • MinGW is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Microsoft Windows SDK.

    • MinGW is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Microsoft Windows SDK.

    • MinGW is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Windows SDK is Free and Proprietary
  2. MSYS2 icon
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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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    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.

    10 MinGW-w64 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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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
     
  5. ImpLib SDK icon
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    ImpLib SDK combines free programming tools for authoring custom import libraries with advanced features, like cdecl2stdcall conversion, importing by ordinal, removing original thunk, accessing internal undocumented functions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. qmake icon
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    qmake is a tool from The Qt Company that helps simplify the build process for development project across different platforms. qmake automates the generation of Makefiles so that only a few lines of information are needed to create each Makefile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • qmake is the most popular Mac alternative to Microsoft Windows SDK.

    • qmake is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft Windows SDK is Free and Proprietary
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