# Running Rails as fast as possible on Cygwin?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 11, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803 "2007-08-11T01:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michau)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803/1 "2007-08-11T01:19:46Z")

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Helo, I’m running my RoR on Cygwin under WinXP. I was wondering if  
there is a way to make it work faster. There are many situations where  
it takes ages to wait for the result, e.g. running autotest - I have  
to wait loooong time until the results for tests for newly changed  
files pop up.  
Loading the rails console - takes loong, running tests manually takes  
ages as well.  
I’m buying Mac in 2 months but for now have to stick with XP

Cheers, michau

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**Author:** ![michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michau)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803/2 "2007-08-11T01:25:47Z")

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Actually i’m not particularly attached to Cygwin, and if there are any  
other suggestions as of faster environment for RoR under WinXP (where  
I can run autotest), I’d love the advice.

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**Author:** ![michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michau)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803/3 "2007-08-11T01:45:47Z")

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On 8/10/07, michau [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Actually i’m not particularly attached to Cygwin, and if there are any  
> other suggestions as of faster environment for RoR under WinXP (where  
> I can run autotest), I’d love the advice.

Ruby O.-Click Installer for Windows. Last time I checked, it was  
noticeably slower than Ruby on Linux or Mac, but also noticeably  
faster than Cygwin.

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**Author:** ![michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@michau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michau)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-rails-as-fast-as-possible-on-cygwin/111803/4 "2007-08-11T03:39:55Z")

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My e-book, Rails for Windows, covers in great detail how to make Rails  
work  
well on Windows.

> **[Rails on Windows](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/rails-on-windows/9780596529659/)**
>
> It's no secret that the entire Ruby on Rails core team uses OS X as their preferred development environment. Because of this, it is very easy to find authoritative information … - Selection from Rails on Windows \[Book\]

I do recommend the non-cygwin method of running Rails on Windows.