# As a windows user peering in: god do I wish this had proper Windows support! **URL:** \ **Category:** Complaints & Improvements\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [July 26, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/as-a-windows-user-peering-in-god-do-i-wish-this-had-proper-windows-support/673 "2019-07-26T14:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![FlyingWombat](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/flyingwombat/32/120_2.png) [@FlyingWombat](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/FlyingWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/as-a-windows-user-peering-in-god-do-i-wish-this-had-proper-windows-support/673/7 "2019-07-30T16:40:09Z")
I use Kakoune on Msys2 at work. It’s a little slow, but no problems. > [@Kakoune on Msys2](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/kakoune-on-msys2/558): > > So, I have to use Windows at work frowning I already have Msys2 installed for git and ctags, and I prefer it to Cygwin for a few other reasons. I’m just posting this as a discussion for anyone who wants to try to run Kakoune on Msys2, as opposed to Cygwin. If your curious, here are some of the [differences between Msys2 and Cygwin](https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/How-does-MSYS2-differ-from-Cygwin). Build To build on Msys2: install [Msys2](https://www.msys2.org/) run pacman -S base base-devel msys2-devel gcc git ncurses-devel to install build dependencies checkout Kakoune, and run… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/as-a-windows-user-peering-in-god-do-i-wish-this-had-proper-windows-support/673)._