| Original author(s) | OneVision Software |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Kai Tietz, Jonathan Yong, various GNU contributors |
| Initial release | 2005 |
| Stable release | 11.0.1
/ April 29, 2023 |
| Repository | sf |
| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS |
| Type | Compiler |
| License | Public domain (headers), GNU General Public License (compiler and toolchain), Zope Public License |
| Website | mingw-w64 |
Mingw-w64 is a free and open-source suite of development tools that generate Portable Executable (PE) binaries for Microsoft Windows. It was forked in 2005–2010 from MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows).
Mingw-w64 includes a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), GNU Binutils for Windows (assembler, linker, archive manager), a set of freely distributable Windows specific header files and static import libraries for the Windows API, a Windows-native version of the GNU Project's GNU Debugger, and miscellaneous utilities.
Mingw-w64 can be run natively on Microsoft Windows, cross-hosted on Linux (or other Unix), or "cross-native" on MSYS2 or Cygwin. Mingw-w64 can generate 32-bit and 64-bit executables for x86 under the target names i686-w64-mingw32 and x86_64-w64-mingw32.