MinGW

Also known as Minimalist GNU for Windows

MinGW ("Minimalist GNU for Windows"), formerly mingw32, is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications.

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Software.author: Colin Peters
Software.developer: MinGW Project
Software.screenshot: MinGW installation manager.webp
Software.caption: MinGW installation manager
Software.latest release version: GNU BinUtils—2.32-1, Installation Manager—0.6.3, WSL—5.4.2
Software.programming language: C, C++
Software.operating system: Microsoft Windows, Unix-like (as a cross compiler)
Software.genre: Compiler
Software.license: Public domain (headers), GNU General Public License (compiler and toolchain)

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Official website: www.mingw-w64.org
Image: MinGW installation manager.webp

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software version identifier: 11.0.1
inception: 1998-07-01
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/mingw

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MinGW ("Minimalist GNU for Windows"), formerly mingw32, is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications.

MinGW includes a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), GNU Binutils for Windows (assembler, linker, archive manager), a set of freely distributable Windows specific header files and static import libraries which enable the use of the Windows API, a Windows native build of the GNU Project's GNU Debugger, and miscellaneous utilities.