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An LLVM/Clang/LLD based mingw-w64 toolchain

18 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 2 stories, 16 comments · first 2019-06-26 · latest 2026-05-03

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  1. …ABI: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmo... Clang targeting MinGW ABI: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases/tag/20260421 GCC targeting MinGW ABI, running in MSYS2: https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer…
    comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2026-05-03 · in Windows API is Successful Cross-Platform API (2024)
  2. …osoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe/llvm-mingw-20250924-ucrt-x86_64/bin/x86_64-w64-windows-gnu.cfg [1]: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
    comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2026-02-15 · in I fixed Windows native development
  3. …sometimes straight up miss newer features that the Windows SDK comes with, like cfapi.h[6]. [1]: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw [2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/visualstudio/ide/reference... [3]:…
    comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2026-02-15 · in I fixed Windows native development
  4. …aside a full install of the Windows and MSVC SDKs. [1]: https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit [2]: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw [3]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmo...
    comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2025-04-23 · in MinC Is Not Cygwin
  5. …https://github.com/topics/mingw : > nCine, win-sudo, drmingw debugger, mstorsjo/llvm-mingw: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw : > Address Sanitizer and Undefined Behaviour Sanitizer, LLVM Control Flow Guard -mguard=cf ; i686, x86_64,…
    comment by westurner · 2024-08-24 · in Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux
  6. no, they dont: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-gcc https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replace...
    comment by 38 · 2024-01-15 · in Crystal 1.11.0 Is Released
  7. …I care about a minimal set of tools in order to compile C/C++ programs. thats offered by: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases and also MSYS2, and even the Zig C compiler. all less than 200 MB. meanwhile Visual Studio installing…
    comment by 38 · 2023-09-26 · in Ask HN: Who is using the D language and likes/doesn't like it? Why?
  8. not 10 GB though. especially when similar options can do it in less than 200 MB: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases I would be eager to hear actual data in further replies, rather than guesses.
    comment by 38 · 2023-09-25 · in Ask HN: Who is using the D language and likes/doesn't like it? Why?
  9. …facts before spouting nonsense. there is, and has been for many, many years. more than one in fact: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-gcc https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/x86_64/rel…
    comment by 2h · 2023-06-16 · in My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do
  10. …and has been for many years. Its at least 10 times larger than other options, such as MinGW-LLVM: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
    comment by svnpenn · 2022-11-13 · in Ask HN: Programming without a build system?
  11. Meanwhile, LLVM-MinGW is 108 MB: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases
    comment by svnpenn · 2022-09-02 · in Crystal Programming Language
  12. …PCH options that appeared in the last few versions), better static analysis, etc. Personally I use https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw's releases directly which does not require MSYS but that's because I recompile all my libraries with…
    comment by jcelerier · 2022-06-19 · in Cross-compiling binaries for Windows is easier than building natively
  13. you can grab it here: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw/releases/tag/20211002
    comment by jcelerier · 2022-01-01 · in Some sanity for C and C++ development on Windows
  14. …deafult to interoperate better with GCC built code and libstdc++ though. The toolchain I maintain, https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw , defaults to native TLS throughout.
    comment by mstorsjo · 2021-12-19 · in Zig: Drop MinGW-w64
  15. …supported with MSVC just fine. You can also use MinGW with LLVM (not MinGW with GCC), available at: https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw
    comment by my123 · 2020-07-07 · in Exciting Days for ARM Processors
  16. In the same vein I've been using https://github.com/mstorsjo/llvm-mingw + lld + cmake + ninja on windows for over a year with great success, dev experience is much better than with MSVC.
    comment by jcelerier · 2020-05-25 · in W64devkit: A Portable C and C++ Development Kit for Windows
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    LLVM/Clang/LLD based mingw-w64 toolchain, packaged binaries, optional docker
    story by olvy0 · 2019-11-29 · 0 comments
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    LLVM based mingw-w64 toolchain
    story by boromi · 2019-06-26 · 0 comments