Cygwin Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other... Free Open Source Windows ANSI color support SSH Add a feature 192 Like
MinGW 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... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Portable Add a feature 102 Like
MSYS2 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... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 25 Like
Knoppix Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any... Free Open Source Linux Booting from USB Portable Linux Privacy focused Add a feature 23 Like
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... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 27 Like Discontinued No activity for over a year.
TCC/LE 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. Freemium Windows No features added Add a feature 13 Like
Cooperative Linux Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally... Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 10 Like Discontinued Not developed anymore, last news are from 2014.
Portable Ubuntu Remix A portable image of Ubuntu that could run in Windows as a native win32 application. Adds capabilities to execute Linux applications and integrate with the Windows... Free Open Source Windows Portable Add a feature 4 Like
