# Windows x86

Configuration

  platform = `windows_x86`

Windows x86 (32-bit) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. Using host OS (Windows, Linux 32/64 or Mac OS X) you can build native application for Windows x86 platform.

For more detailed information please visit vendor site.

Contents

- Examples

- Stable and upstream versions

- Packages

## Examples

Examples are listed from Windows x86 development platform repository:

- hello-world

## Stable and upstream versions

You can switch between stable releases of Windows x86 development platform and the latest upstream version using platform option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File) as described below.

### Stable

    ; Latest stable version
    [env:latest_stable]
    platform = windows_x86
    board = ...

    ; Custom stable version
    [env:custom_stable]
    platform = windows_x86@x.y.z
    board = ...

### Upstream

    [env:upstream_develop]
    platform = https://github.com/platformio/platform-windows_x86.git
    board = ...

## Packages

Name | Description
--- | ---
toolchain-gccmingw32 | MinGW