[Question, Windows]: What is the bare minimum of Microsoft developer tools one needs to successfully native-compile a project with a tested (★★) library or framework?

[stdStudent]

Question

From the Getting Started page, there's a requirement to install Visual Studio Build Tools and Windows SDK.

The screenshot, provided on the page, outlines MSVC C++ build tools and Windows 10 SDK.

• Are these the bare minimum required for GraalVM native compiler to successfully build, for example, a Micronaut project, or we can go even fewer?
• Is there a slimmer edition/variant of Windows SDK that can be installed instead?
• There are winget packages providing build-tools and Windows SDK, can they be installed?

Some of my ramble

These dev tools alone require 5-10 GiB disk space for trying GraalVM native compiler. The requirement of Microsoft developer tools might be a dealbreaker for some people.

There are a few issues that suggest using a different toolchain for compiling on Windows:

• MinGW,
• LLVM,
• Zig.

And while LLVM seems to be supported since the 22.3 release, I couldn't find a guide on how to make it work (and it's not clear whether Windows SDK still needs to be installed). If you can direct me somewhere useful regarding this, please do.

[stdStudent]

P.S. By a "tested (★★) library" I'm referring to this: https://www.graalvm.org/native-image/libraries-and-frameworks/.