

Qt Creator is another free IDE that optionally comes with the mingw toolchain. They provide binary releases that come with the Mingw toolchain. We will cover how to install gcc using MSYS2.Īnother option for using gcc in Windows is to download Code::Blocks. For those who need or prefer the cross-platform GNU toolchain, you can install it using MSYS2. If you are developing exclusively for Windows, that is the tool I would recommend. Microsoft provides Visual Studio Community for free, and is a great IDE and toolchain. There are a variety of toolchains you can install on Windows for compiling C and C++ applications. I was barely able to hack it together myself and there are still a few details I am not 100% clear on. DISCLAIMER: Don't hold me accountable for any bad advice or incorrect information provided here.
