A large repository of open-source programs built for Cygwin, including X11 desktops, language interpreters, multimedia frameworks, cross-compiler toolchains, and much more. Also hosted here is the cygport tool for building Cygwin packages.

cygport releases and the Ports Git repositories are hosted here; Ports packages are available from the website.

Features

  • GNOME, KDE, MATE, XFCE, LXDE, Razor-Qt, ROX, and Sugar desktops
  • Falcon, Java, Mono, PHP, and PyPy interpreters
  • Modules and language bindings for Java, Lua, Mono, OCaml, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Tcl, and Vala
  • GStreamer, MPD, MPlayer, VLC, Xine, and XMMS2 multimedia frameworks
  • Cross-compiler toolchains for Linux, MinGW, Solaris, and embedded systems

Project Samples

GNUstep GNOME 3.4 ROX Desktop KDE 4.6 MATE 1.4 Xfce 4.10

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Categories

Business, Desktop Environment, Games

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Cygwin Ports Web Site

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  • viberfast Posted 2013-06-25
    5 out of 5 stars
    Thanks a lot! It is very convenient and useful.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • ivanhutchins Posted 2013-06-12
    5 out of 5 stars
    Cygwin-ports works perfectly.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • rndgames Posted 2013-05-13
    5 out of 5 stars
    Excellent integration, lots of features and painless navigation.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • oid-3849979 Posted 2012-11-21
    5 out of 5 stars
    ftp://ftp.cygwinports.org/pub/cygwinports can not connect to ftp server please fix and place mirro http to avoid error
  • steve8black Posted 2012-11-04
    5 out of 5 stars
    great project guys!
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Cygwin, Linux, Windows

Languages

English, Hebrew

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Console/Terminal, Gnome, KDE, X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C#, Java, PHP, Python, S/R, Tcl

Database Environment

Microsoft Access, MySQL, ODBC, Sybase, xBase

Related Categories

C# Business Software, C# Desktop Environment Software, C# Games, Python Business Software, Python Desktop Environment Software, Python Games, PHP Business Software, PHP Desktop Environment Software, PHP Games, Tcl Business Software, Tcl Desktop Environment Software, Tcl Games, Java Business Software, Java Desktop Environment Software, Java Games

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2004-01-15
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