MinGW Alternatives

MinGW is described as '("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' and is a very popular Compiler in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MinGW for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and F-Droid apps. The best MinGW alternative is Termux, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MinGW are PowerShell, Windows Terminal, Cygwin and ReTerminal.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
MinGW alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. TDM-GCC icon
     10 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    TDM-GCC is a compiler suite for Windows.

    It combines the most recent stable release of the GCC toolset, a few patches for Windows-friendliness, and the free and open-source MinGW or MinGW-w64 runtime APIs to create an open-source alternative to Microsoft's compiler and platf.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3.  2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    MSYS is a collection of GNU utilities such as bash, make, gawk and grep to allow building of applications and programs which depend on traditionally UNIX tools to be present.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Termux Monet icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A terminal emulator application for Android 8+ OS extendible by variety of packages, with Monet support and experimental features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  5. DJGPP icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    DJGPP (DJ's GNU Programming Platform) is a development suite for 386+ IBM PC compatibles which supports DOS-enabled operating systems. It is guided by DJ Delorie, who began the project in 1989. It is a port of the popular GCC compiler, as well as mostly GNU utilities such as...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  28 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
     
  7. Babun icon
     20 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Would you like to use a linux-like console on a Windows host without a lot of fuzz? Try out babun!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Git
    • Cygwin
    • zsh
     
  8. TCC/LE icon
     16 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    TCC/LE is a complete CMD replacement, and is compatible with your existing Windows command prompt and CMD batch files, while adding thousands of new features.

    20 TCC/LE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. speedLinux icon
     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    SpeedLinux is a customized coLinux. coLinux is not a VM but it can be used in the same way. Installation of Speedlinux results in a complete LINUX System with X server running side on side with Windows on a single PC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. PyCmd icon
     21 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    PyCmd is a smart command prompt extension for Windows cmd.exe; its purpose is to emulate a few power features of UNIX shells (decent Tab-completion, persistent history, etc.) while remaining 100% compatible with the cmd.exe syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
You are at page 2 of MinGW alternatives