Since Windows 10, Anniversary Update 2018 (?), it is possible to install a
(near) full Linux system on Windows. Follow the following instructions to install Linux/bash on Windows 10:

* [Short version|InstallingLinuxOnWindows.html]
* [Long version with illustrative pictures|https://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/]


Then follow the instructions [for Linux|GettingStartedOnLinux.html] to
get the things you need for participating in the development of
language technology tools. Note that if you only want to use the tools, you may instead just download the analysers, see the page on [linguistic analysis|https://giellalt.uit.no/ling/LinguisticAnalysis.html]

In order to participate in the development work, you need an
__editor__. [jEdit|http://www.jedit.org] should be fine (requires
Java, but that is already recommended for our infrastructure, and
should be in place when you have come this far.

Any other editor should be fine as well.

!!!Deprecated: Windows setup for Windows 8 and older

You need __Cygwin__. To set it up and install most needed
software, follow [these instructions|CygwinSetup.html].

When {{Cygwin}} is installed, continue within Cygwin [as on Linux|GettingStartedOnLinux.html].

Be warned: Cygwin is slow, and it is not the optimal way of
working with our linguistic infrastructure. But it should
work.