Windows Package Manager / WinGet
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Microsoft's open-source CLI packager manager for Windows.
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- Free • Open Source
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United States
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- Windows
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- 1154 Open Issues
- Updated Apr 17, 2025
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One of the best moves by microsoft it took them a while, but we got a package manager, it's not perfect, but it has one big advantage, it supports packages that haven't be installed through it, which is an enormous plus compared to other package managers, great job to the open source team of microsoft (emphasis on the open source team)
Some features don't work (--disable-interactivity), and some features are undocumented (the --all flag for the upgrade subcommand)
Hard to install, it would be better to have it installable from a setup.exe or .msi, I still see windows 10 and 11 installs without winget. I don't want to log in to Microsoft accounts just to have a package manager, winget needs to be fixed or it will not be as usable as chocolatey.
It's a great Windows package management application, and easy to use!
I don't recommend to use winget as it is. This package manager can't uninstall programs properly and if you choose different directory of the installed the update will install in the default directory, so you will have 2 same programs.