The heart of the Mingw-w64 project is headers and support libraries torun the output of GCC on Windows. Since Mingw-w64 is neither the home ofGCC nor of binutils, several sets of installation packages which combinethem are available.
In addition, the sources are available but most people will want to grabbinaries directly.
| Version | Host | GCC / Mingw-w64 Version | Languages | Additional Software in Package Manager | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | Arch Linux | 13.1.0/11.0.0 | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++ | many | |
| Cygwin | Rolling | Windows | 11.3.0/10.0.0 | C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C | many |
| Debian | Debian 10 (Buster) | 8.3.0/6.0.0 | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++ | 9 (gdb, libassuan, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, libksba, libnpth, nsis, win-iconv, zlib) | |
| Debian 11 (Bullseye) | 10.2.1/8.0.0 | ||||
| Debian 12 (Bookworm) | 12.0.0/10.0.0 | ||||
| Fedora | Fedora 36 | 11.2.1/9.0.0 | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++ | many | |
| Fedora 37 | 12.2.1/10.0.0 | ||||
| LLVM-MinGW | 20240518 | Windows, Linux, macOS | LLVM 18.1.6/trunk | C, C++ | make, Python |
| w64devkit | 1.23.0 | Windows | 14.1.0/11.0.1 | C, C++, Fortran | 8 (busybox, cppcheck, ctags, gdb, make, nasm, pkg-config, vim) |
| MacPorts | Rolling | macOS | 13.2.0/11.0.1 | C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++ | 1 (nsis) |
| MingW-W64-builds | Rolling | Windows | 13.1.0/11.0.0 | C, C++, Fortran | 4 (gdb, libiconf, python, zlib) |
| MSYS2 | Rolling | Windows | 14.1.0/trunk | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++, OCaml | many |
| WinLibs.com | Rolling | Windows | 13.2.0 | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++, Assembler | Package manager: work in progress (will offer > 2500 packages) |
| Ubuntu | 20.04 Focal Fossa | 9.3.0/7.0.0 | Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Obj-C, Obj-C++ | 9 (gdb, libassuan, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, libksba, libnpth, nsis, win-iconv, zlib) | |
| 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish | 10.3.0/8.0.0 | ||||
| 22.10 Kinetic Kudu | 10.3.0/10.0.0 | ||||
| 23.04 Lunar Lobster | 12.2.0/10.0.0 | ||||
Arch Linux
Installation:
Ubuntu
Installation: through integrated package manager.
Cygwin
Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-lineinterface for Microsoft Windows. Its core is the cygwin1.dll library whichprovides POSIX functionality on top of the Win32 API. It can be used as a buildenvironment which targets Windows directly and for which output doesn't dependon cygwin1.dll.
Installation is done through cygwin's package manager:setup.exe.
As part of the numerous packages in cygwin, there are cross-compilationtoolchains which target both 32 bits and 64 bits; their names start with“mingw64-”.
Once they are installed, they should be used according to the generalcross-compilation approach.
Debian
Installation: through integrated package manager.
Fedora
Installation: through integrated package manager.
LLVM-MinGW
LLVM-MinGW is a toolchain built with Clang, LLD, libc++, targetingi686, x86_64, arm and aarch64 (ARM64), with releases both for runningas a cross compiler from Linux and for running on Windows. It supportsAddress Sanitizer, Undefined Behaviour Sanitizer, and generating debuginfo in PDB format.
Installation: GitHub
w64devkit
w64devkit is a portable C and C++ development kit for x64 (and x86) Windows.
Included tools:
- Mingw-w64 GCC : compilers, linker, assembler
- GDB : debugger
- GNU Make : standard build tool
- busybox-w32 : standard unix utilities, including sh
- Vim : powerful text editor
- Universal Ctags : source navigation
- NASM : x86 assembler
- Cppcheck : static code analysis
The toolchain includes pthreads, C++11 threads, and OpenMP. All includedruntime components are static.
Installation: GitHub
MacPorts
To install just the 32-bit or just 64-bit compiler with dependencies, use:
sudo port install i686-w64-mingw32-gccsudo port install x86_64-w64-mingw32-gccA shortcut to install both:
sudo port install mingw-w64Here is the list of Mingw-w64 packages on MacPorts.
Mingw-builds
Installation: GitHub
WinLibs.com
Standalone MinGW-w64+GCC builds for Windows, built from scratch (including all dependencies) natively on Windows for Windows.
Downloads are archive files (.zip or .7z). No installation is required,just extract the archive and start using the programs in mingw32\bin or mingw64\bin.This allows for a relocatable compiler suite and allows having multiple versions on the same system.
Also contains other tools including:
- GDB - the GNU Project debugger
- GNU Binutils - a collection of binary tools
- GNU Make - a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files
- Yasm - The Yasm Modular Assembler Project
- NASM - The Netwide Assembler
- JWasm - A free MASM-compatible assembler
Flavors:
- separate packages for 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64) Windows
- separate packages for MSVCRT and UCRT builds
- only POSIX threads builds (which also include Win32 API thread functions)
- exception model: Dwarf for 32-bit (i686) and SEH for 64-bit (x86_64)
Installation: Download from winlibs.com and extract archive (no installation needed).
MSYS2
Installation: GitHub
Sources
Tarballs for the mingw-w64 sources are hosted onSourceForge.
The latest version from the 11.x series is 11.0.0.
The latest version from the 10.x series is 10.0.0.
The latest version from the 9.x series is 9.0.0.
The latest version from the 8.x series is 8.0.2.
The latest version from the 7.x series is 7.0.0.
The latest version from the 6.x series is 6.0.0.
The latest version from the 5.x series is 5.0.4.
The old wiki has instructions for buildingnativeandcrosstoolchains.
Details on how to get the mingw-w64 code from Git and an Git-web viewer areavailable onSourceForge.
Unsorted complementary list
Darwin/Mac OS X
The existing Darwin binaries have been built through buildbot in 2013 and linksto them can be found on the dedicatedpage.
OpenSUSE
The OpenSUSE Linuxdistribution also has alarge and well-maintained set of packages for cross-compilation.
Rubenvb
Rubenvb has built a number of toolchains including some for less common setups.They are split into two categories: toolchains targetingWin32orWin64.
GCC with the MCF thread model
GCC with the MCF thread model is a series ofx86 and x64 native toolchains built by LH_Mouse. The MCF thread model has beenmerged into GCC 13, and can be enabled by passing --enable-threads=mcf toGCC's configure script. C++11 threading facilities, such as std::thread,std::mutex, std::condition_variable, std::call_once, thread_local etc.invoke the mcfgthread library, whichimplements them on Windows syscalls in a more standard-compliant and moreefficient way, outperforming even native slim reader/write locks (SRW) sinceWindows Vista.
