winget-cli
WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface). (by microsoft)
winstall
A web app for browsing and installing Windows Package Manager apps. (by omaha-consulting)
| winget-cli | winstall | |
|---|---|---|
| 283 | 33 | |
| 22,187 | 1,064 | |
| 1.0% | 0.9% | |
| 9.3 | 7.8 | |
| 8 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| C++ | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
winget-cli
Posts with mentions or reviews of winget-cli.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-19.
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Overview over Microsoft's developer tools for Windows
GitHub
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Fresh W11 Install - Winget acting weird
Source: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3832
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MS and Windows gets a lot of (well deserved) hate, but winget is just fantastic!
You're correct here, and that's exactly the reason Winget is a package manager, as dependency management is part of teh stable release since version 1.6.3133:
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Microsoft Intune Management Extensions update?
Currently, I'm troubleshooting an annoying issue on my shared devices that it's a hell to delete. See this ticket: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/3365
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Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
It's also on the official microsoft package manager (winget).
https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
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How to update cURL
Winget install
- Script to update apps automaticaly with Winget
- Mass-archiving Reddit comment threads from a list of URLs
- 2 weird issue today
- Windows Terminal Preview 1.18 Release
winstall
Posts with mentions or reviews of winstall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-10.
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LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
https://winstall.app. There's also winget.run, but it's no longer updated.
- Sudo for Windows
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Microsoft Store in Perpetual Update (I've tried everything Google has had to say but to no avail)
What I'm thinking now is you may just want to solve this with the nuclear option like this guy did - https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/f4tw3k/cannot_open_any_microsoft_store_apps_windows/ A pain in the ass, but most 3rd-party applications can export settings, and a program like Patch My PC or winstall can reinstall software quickly. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
- Dependency Workaround for Win32 app requiring Store For Business/MS Store App?
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Things You Immediately Install On Your New PC Starter Pack
As a happy Winget user: https://winstall.app/
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Software Deployment Gurus needed :-)
Here's a front end someone made to easily browse it: https://winstall.app/
- apt-pilled meme
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Switched Back to Windows After a Year and a Half of Linux
You can replicate that experience with winstall. It gives you the script file when you finish selecting the desired packages, so you can install all the desired apps on any Windows machines on one go without installing additional software.
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When reinstalling Windows, there are a few things you can always count on... this is one of them
you have that usb installer for windows you just made. there's still some room on it. make a new folder there and stuff your initial batch of application installers in it, or at least something like ninite or patchmypc or a script made from winstall.app
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SteamDeck Windows 11 Guide - Installed Win 11 on the SteamDeck and don't know what to do next? This is for you.
Winstall
What are some alternatives?
When comparing winget-cli and winstall you can also consider the following projects:
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
Cider - A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀
Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.
winget-pkgs - The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
dxvk-async
oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows
mpc-hc - Media Player Classic
qBittorrent - qBittorrent BitTorrent client
uwufetch - A meme system info tool for Linux, based on nyan/uwu trend on r/linuxmasterrace.