MSYS Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Cygwin

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   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

   • United States

   

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   MinGW

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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...

   Cost / License

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

   Application type

   • Compiler

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • United States

   

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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.

   28 MSYS2 alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Global

   

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   MinC

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   MinC has a tiny kernel emulation (285Kb) which runs on Windows. The rest of the software was taken verbatim from OpenBSD, version 6.1. This means that by installing MinC, you run OpenBSD on your Windows machine at native speed.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Compatibility Layer

   Origin

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   

   

   

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   MinGW-w64

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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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Compiler
   • Terminal Emulator

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

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