Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 10 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options.
⚠️Some of these ports (see under "Ignored") may be vulnerable due to their age. See the FAQ for more.
Included Tools (bold = Original parent package or single tools):
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Depends on the tool. Usually application folder or none. |
License: | Freeware/Open Source FOSS |
How to extract: | Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch desired tool or launch gow.vbs for help |