The best replacement for mingw is cygwin.

The best alternatives to mingw are rated as following:
★★★★★  cygwin
★★  msvc
★★  msys
★  mingw-w64
★  tdm
★  visual studio compiler
★  gcc
★  visual c++
★  gnuwin32
★  cygwin gcc
★  tdm gcc
★  vc++
★  clang
  g++
  djgpp

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Speaking about mingw, one probably shouldn't forget about msys.

Other search terms related to mingw and their ratings are:
★★★★★ msys
★★★★★ eclipse
★★★★★ gcc
★★★★★ cygwin
★★★★ netbeans
★★★ boost
★★★ qt
★★ code blocks
★ notepad++
★ libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
★ geany
jni
eclipse c++
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