The best Compiler alternative to Microsoft Visual Studio is Xcode, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio and nine of them are Compilers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Compiler alternatives to Microsoft Visual Studio are Embarcadero Dev-C++, Orwell Dev-C++, Embitz and Zinjai.
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Very small in size. Unlike the 7GB for Visual Studio, also very compact and maintained by users of the community.