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# Getting Started with Swift on Windows
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One can build and run Swift natively, or through the Windows Subsystem for
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Linux.
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## Native Windows
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Currently there are three supported ways to build Swift for Windows.
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1. To cross-compile Swift for Windows from another host operating system (using
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`clang`), see [Cross Compiling for Windows](./WindowsCrossCompile.md)
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1. To build on Windows using `clang-cl`, see [Building on
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Windows](./WindowsBuild.md#clang-cl)
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1. To build on Windows using Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC), see [Building on
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Windows](./WindowsBuild.md#MSVC)
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`clang-cl` is recommended over MSVC for building Swift on Windows.
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Although it is possible to build the compiler and the standard library with
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MSVC to use those built products to compile a Swift program, it won't be
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possible to run the binary without seperately obtaining the Swift runtime. On
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the other hand, `clang-cl` is able to build the runtime, which makes it
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possible to build and run all the components required for Swift natively on
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Windows.
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## Windows Subsystem for Linux
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On the [Windows Subsystem for
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Linux](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about), it's possible to
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build and run Swift in a Linux-like environment, on Windows. See [Swift on
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the Windows Subsystem for Linux](./WindowsSubsystemForLinux.md) for details.
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