Privacy-friendly alternatives to Cygwin
The Unix compatibility layer sites closest to Cygwin, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. Cygwin itself loads 0 trackers.
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Getting Started - MSYS2
Software Distribution and Building Platform for Windows
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Introduction - mingw-w64
A complete runtime environment for GCC & LLVM for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), and ARM64 Windows
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Git for Windows
We bring the awesome Git VCS to Windows
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Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
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Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud
Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Podman
daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime
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7-Zip
open-source file archiver and extractor
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Manjaro – The Linux for People and Organizations
This page provides an overview of Manjaro Linux, an open source operating system designed for ease of use. Learn about its features, installation, and support options. Get the most out of Manjaro Linux with the latest news, downloads, and tips from our helpful community.
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Aider - AI Pair Programming in Your Terminal
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MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
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Jan - Open-Source ChatGPT Replacement
Jan is an open-source alternative to ChatGPT. Run open-source AI models locally or connect to cloud models like GPT, Claude and others.
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Oracle VirtualBox
open-source x86 virtualization application
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JSR: the JavaScript Registry
JSR is the open-source package registry for modern JavaScript. JSR natively supports TypeScript, and works with all JS runtimes and package managers.
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Deno, the drop-in JavaScript runtime for Node developers
A drop-in JavaScript runtime with built-in TypeScript, npm support, and security by default. Run your existing Node project on Deno with no setup.
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chrony – Introduction
free NTP software
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Penpot: The open-source design platform for teams.
Penpot is the open-source design platform for teams building digital products at scale, enabling deeper collaboration across design, code, and AI workflows.
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Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
Bundle, install, and run JavaScript & TypeScript — all in Bun. Bun is a fast JavaScript runtime & toolkit with a bundler, test runner, and npm-compatible package manager built in.
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WinMerge - You will see the difference…
WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.
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An analytical SQL database management system – DuckDB
DuckDB is a SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.
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