[derjames]

This is bit extreme and if you are ok with the c language: 1. download tcc for windows(tiny c compiler from Fabrice Bellard). 2. compile the examples in the examples folder. Here you will find the 'hello world' program for both command line and win32 gui.

The download size of tcc is a few megabytes and the compilation times are for practical purposes instantaneous. You will have to bring your own IDE or text editor.

[vixalien]

yeah but I wanna build WinUI3 apps not Win32. And that requires Windows App SDK and C++ tools which in turn require Dot net and the Windows 10/11 SDK which in turn require Visual Studio which makes it 20GB storage and 10GB ram.