What's been going on in w64devkit the past year

w64devkit is an absolute joy to use, and I'm surprised that it's still not widely adopted by devs. Extracting a single ZIP archive to get a complete POSIX environment on Windows with all kinds of build tools is nothing short of impressive, and it even supports Windows XP! (minus CMake and a couple other tools)

This is a really neat kit, from the person who did the recent super impressive Stars! port to modern Windows + speed tuning + MCP server. Submitted earlier today. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49755378 https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/09/17/