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VcXsrv VS MinGW

Compare VcXsrv VS MinGW and see what are their differences

VcXsrv logo VcXsrv

Download VcXsrv Windows X Server for free.

MinGW logo MinGW

MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and...
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    2023-08-25
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    2018-12-08

VcXsrv

Categories
  • SSH
  • Server Management
  • Terminal Tools
  • Server Configuration And Automation
Website sourceforge.net

MinGW

Categories
  • Terminal Tools
  • SSH
  • Server Management
  • Emulators
Website mingw.org

VcXsrv videos

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2: Installing VcXsrv X Server

More videos:

  • Review - WSL 2 XLaunch vcxsrv Ubuntu 18.04 Chrome

MinGW videos

MinGW или Cygwin

More videos:

  • Tutorial - How to Install MinGW | GCC Toolset for C and C++ Programming | Setting Path variable on Windows 10
  • Tutorial - How to install | use gcc | MinGW compiler in windows | window 10

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to VcXsrv and MinGW)
SSH
50 50%
50% 50
Terminal Tools
35 35%
65% 65
Server Management
44 44%
56% 56
OS & Utilities
100 100%
0% 0

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MinGW Reviews

10 Termux Alternatives
MinGW is an application with all the functions of GNU that includes the runtime of MSVC and supports C99 functionality. This software is only supported and executed on 64bit Windows and similar platforms with Linux shell environment and provides its users the facility of different import types of files and libraries and move them to other software according to your specific...

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, MinGW seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

VcXsrv mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of VcXsrv yet. Tracking of VcXsrv recommendations started around Mar 2021.

MinGW mentions (1)

  • Is Mingw dead?
    Is osdn's mingw it a new project ? It's surprising how it provides gcc 4.8.2 and gcc 9.2.0. I guess the 4.8.2 is the last one provided by mingw.org, and 9.2.0 is the first of osdn's project? Is it maintained by the same developers? Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing VcXsrv and MinGW, you can also consider the following products

Xming - An X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows.

MSYS2 - A Cygwin-derived software distro for Windows using Arch Linux's Pacman

X410 - X Server for Windows 10

Cygwin - Cygwin is a set of tools that provide Linux and POSIX functionality to Windows.

MobaXterm - Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

Termux - Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android