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MinGW

MinGW ("Minimalistic GNU for Windows") is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and...

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to MinGW

Termux Blink Shell BusyBox MinGW-w64 ConEmu iSH Git for Windows iTerm2 ConnectBot Hyper

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MinGW are Termux, Blink Shell, and BusyBox. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal Emulators 56 social mentions

  2. BusyBox is a single binary that provides several stripped-down Unix tools in a single executable.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 14 social mentions

  3. The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 7 social mentions

  4. 5
    ConEmu-Maximus5 is a full-featured local terminal for Windows devs, admins and users. Get better console window with tabs, splits, Quake style, copy+paste, DosBox and PuTTY integration, and much more.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 18 social mentions

  5. 6

    iSH

    The Linux shell on iOS.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Emulators 45 social mentions

  6. We bring the awesome Git SCM to Windows
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Development 80 social mentions

  7. 8
    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions

  8. ConnectBot is a Secure Shell client for the Android platform.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 2 social mentions

  9. 10
    Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 42 social mentions

  10. A new command line interface for Windows machines
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 2 social mentions

  11. A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Programming #Terminal 59 social mentions

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