git-annex has recently been ported to Windows! * First, [install git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) * Then, [install git-annex](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/) This port is in an early state. While it works well enough to use git-annex, many things will not work. See [[todo/windows_support]] for current status. Note especially that git-annex always uses [[direct_mode]] on Windows. ## autobuilds A daily build is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and [NEST](http://nest-initiative.org/). * [download](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/git-annex-installer.exe) ([build logs](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/)) ## building it yourself To build git-annex from source on Windows, you need to install the Haskell Platform, Mingw, and Cygwin. Use Cygwin to install gcc, rsync, git, wget, ssh, and gpg. There is a shell script `standalone/windows/build.sh` that can be used to build git-annex. Note that this shell script cannot be run in Cygwin; run it with the Mingw sh.