MinGW Alternatives

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

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

Portable terminal app that bundles ConEmu and Clink with great looking defaults.

Popular free terminal application. Mostly used as an SSH client.

Download WMF. Windows Management Framework contains the latest versions of PowerShell, DSC, WMI, and WinRM for older versions of Windows. PowerShell Module Browser. Search for PowerShell modules and cmdlets.

MobaXterm is a software that uses a set of optimized network tools included in a single exe file. MobaXterm integrates several network clients with an X server, and also integrates a full set of Unix based commands. Read more about MobaXterm.

pact - advanced package manager (like apt-get or yum). xTerm-256 compatible console. HTTP(s) proxying support. Plugin-oriented architecture. Pre-configured git and shell.

Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin.

Windows Console Emulator, Far Manager plugins.

The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as...

KiTTY is a fork from version 0.70 of PuTTY. It adds extra features to PuTTY.

GNOME Terminal is a terminal emulator for GNOME desktop.