---
sidebar_label: Cross-compile to Windows
---

# Cross-Compile to Windows from Linux

Building a Windows binary on Linux using mingw-w64.

## Install toolchain

```bash
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install mingw-w64

# Fedora
sudo dnf install mingw64-gcc mingw64-binutils
```

## Configuration

```toml
[package]
name = "my-app"
version = "0.1.0"
type = "none"

[build]
language = "c"
standard = "c11"
compiler = "clang"
kind = "bin"
target = "x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"    # explicit mingw, not msvc
```

## Build

```bash
dcr build --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release
```

Artifact: `target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/my-app.exe`.

## Custom toolchain

```toml
[toolchain]
cc = "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc"
cxx = "x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++"
```
