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
- –
- Closest alternative
- mingw-w64.org
Measured from Msys2’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Msys201 · 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.
- 01
Introduction - mingw-w64
A complete runtime environment for GCC & LLVM for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), and ARM64 Windows
Very close - 02
Cygwin
Unix subsystem for Windows machines
Very close - 03
Git for Windows
We bring the awesome Git VCS to Windows
Very close - 04
Swift Programming Language
Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.
Very close - 05
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.
Very close - 06
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.
Very close - 07
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
Very close - 08
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org
Perl package repository
Close - 09
Docs.rs
official documentation website for Rust libraries
Close - 10
Composer
A Dependency Manager for PHP
Close - 11
Funtoo Linux: What Comes Next
Official statement of direction: Funtoo Linux project status and future successor timeline.
Close - 12
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.
Close - 13
MediaWiki
free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation
Close - 14
Home page | Yarn
Yarn, the modern JavaScript package manager
Close - 15
TypeDoc
Documentation for TypeDoc
Close - 16
Enlightenment Main
window manager for Unix-like operating systems
Very close - 17 pugixml.org No trackers
pugixml.org - Home
Close - 18
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.
Very close - 19
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close - 20
Rust Programming Language
A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Msys2’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Msys2 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy 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.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CDN
- Fastly header x-fastly-request-id: 9a02dbcb3bd0f5052e603c397393bdb1bceff4f2
- Hosting
- GitHub Pages header server: GitHub.com
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on msys2.org 12/20
- Fastly 9/20
- nginx · not on msys2.org 6/20
- Google Workspace · not on msys2.org 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on msys2.org 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on msys2.org 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on msys2.org 4/20
- GitHub Pages 3/20
- Google Fonts · not on msys2.org 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on msys2.org 3/20
- Mailgun · not on msys2.org 3/20
- Mailchimp · not on msys2.org 3/20
- Netlify · not on msys2.org 2/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on msys2.org 2/20
- Google Analytics · not on msys2.org 2/20