On Windows 11, MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is one of the most popular and lightweight compilers you can install. It provides the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) toolchain, allowing you to compile and run C and C++ programs right from the Windows terminal or Visual Studio Code. MinGW : A native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), with freely distributable import libraries and header files for building native Windows applications; includes extensions to the MSVC runtime to support C99 functionality. Description MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is a software development environment for Windows that provides a complete set of development tools based on the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). Mingw -w64 is a collection of header files, import libraries, libraries and tools that, when combined with a compiler toolchain, such as GCC or LLVM, provides a complete development environment for building native Windows applications and libraries.
