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Executables Included in MinGW-w64

MinGW-w64 is primarily a minimal toolchain for cross-compiling native Windows applications using GCC and related tools. It focuses on development utilities rather than a full suite of Unix-like commands (e.g., it does not include gpg or GnuPG by default—those are available as separate packages in environments like MSYS2). The core installation’s bin directory typically contains the following executables (based on a standard standalone download, such as from the official SourceForge releases). This list can vary slightly by version and build, but these are the common ones:

Executable Description
gcc.exe GNU C compiler
g++.exe GNU C++ compiler
cpp.exe C preprocessor
gfortran.exe GNU Fortran compiler (if included in the build)
ld.exe GNU linker
as.exe GNU assembler
ar.exe Archiver for creating libraries
ranlib.exe Generates index for archive libraries
nm.exe Lists symbols from object files
objdump.exe Displays information from object files
objcopy.exe Copies and translates object files
strip.exe Strips symbols from executables
size.exe Lists section sizes of object files
strings.exe Prints printable strings in files
readelf.exe Displays ELF file information (for cross-tools)
dlltool.exe Creates DLL import/export files
windres.exe Compiles Windows resource files
gendef.exe Generates .def files from DLLs
genidl.exe Generates .idl files from DLLs
widl.exe Compiles IDL files for Wine/Winelib
gcc-ar.exe GCC wrapper for ar
gcc-nm.exe GCC wrapper for nm
gcc-ranlib.exe GCC wrapper for ranlib

These are mostly compiler, linker, and binary manipulation tools from GCC and Binutils. For a fuller Unix-like environment with tools like gpg, make, bash, etc., consider installing MSYS2 (which includes MinGW-w64 as a component) and adding packages via pacman.

MinGW-w64 Official Site
MSYS2 Packages (for extensions like GnuPG)
SourceForge MinGW-w64 Downloads

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