The best replacement for cygwin is mingw.

The best alternatives to cygwin are rated as following:
★★★★★  mingw
★★  xming
★★  msys
★★  putty
★  msysgit
★  git bash
★  cygwin x
★  sua
★  gow
★  powershell
★  console2
★  mobaxterm
★  mks
  sfu
  exceed
  interix
  andlinux
  mks toolkit
  gnuwin32
  colinux
  mingw32

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Speaking about cygwin, one probably shouldn't forget about gcc.

Other search terms related to cygwin and their ratings are:
★★★★★ gcc
★★★★★ ssh
★★★ eclipse
★★★ putty
★★ openssh
★★ git
★★ console2
★ rsync
★ vi
★ netbeans configure
★ code blocks
★ x11
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