msys2.org

Msys2

Who runs Msys2, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest software distribution / dev environment alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
mingw-w64.org

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Msys2

Msys2 msys2.org

Software Distribution and Building Platform for Windows

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Msys2 tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 20 alternatives below has fewer; 5 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Msys2’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Msys2

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Msys2, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    mingw-w64.org English No trackers

    Introduction - mingw-w64

    A complete runtime environment for GCC & LLVM for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), and ARM64 Windows

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  2. 02
    Cygwin cygwin.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Cygwin

    Unix subsystem for Windows machines

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  3. 03
    Git for Windows gitforwindows.org English No trackers

    Git for Windows

    We bring the awesome Git VCS to Windows

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  4. 04
    Swift swift.org English No trackers

    Swift Programming Language

    Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

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  5. 05
    NixOS nixos.org English No trackers

    Nix & NixOS | Reproducible builds and deployments

    Nix is a tool that takes a unique approach to package management and system configuration. Learn how to make reproducible, declarative and reliable systems.

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  6. 06
    FileHippo filehippo.com English 4 trackers

    FileHippo.com - Download free software for Windows

    Looking to download safe free versions of the latest software for Windows, freeware, shareware and demo programs from a reputable download site? Visit FileHippo today.

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  7. 07
    crates.io English No trackers

    crates.io: Rust Package Registry

    crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects

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  8. 08
    CPAN cpan.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org

    Perl package repository

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  9. 09
    docs.rs Top 10K English No trackers

    Docs.rs

    official documentation website for Rust libraries

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  10. 10
    getcomposer.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Composer

    A Dependency Manager for PHP

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  11. 11
    Funtoo Linux funtoo.org English No trackers

    Funtoo Linux: What Comes Next

    Official statement of direction: Funtoo Linux project status and future successor timeline.

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  12. 12
    MajorGeeks majorgeeks.com English 5 trackers

    MajorGeeks.Com - MajorGeeks

    MajorGeeks offers only 4-star or better geek-tested and reviewed software for Windows along with tutorials and videos when you need help with your computer.

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  13. 13
    MediaWiki mediawiki.org Top 10K English No trackers

    MediaWiki

    free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation

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  14. 14
    yarnpkg.com English No trackers

    Home page | Yarn

    Yarn, the modern JavaScript package manager

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  15. 15
    TypeDoc typedoc.org English No trackers

    TypeDoc

    Documentation for TypeDoc

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  16. 16
    Enlightenment enlightenment.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Enlightenment Main

    window manager for Unix-like operating systems

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  17. 17
    pugixml.org No trackers

    pugixml.org - Home

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  18. 18
    Manjaro manjaro.org No trackers

    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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  19. 19
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

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  20. 20
    rust-lang.org English 1 tracker

    Rust Programming Language

    A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Msys2 adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 2 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
37 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Msys2’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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