Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows. (by ScoopInstaller)

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Scoop reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of Scoop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-09-10.
  • PowerShell completions installed by Scoop
    3 projects | dev.to | 10 Sep 2026
    I like Scoop. It's a clean, no-admin-required package manager for Windows, and it stays out of your way. One thing I ran into, though: some apps ship a tab-completion script alongside the binary, and there's currently no built-in way to know it's there.
  • Toward a more POSIX-Friendly PowerShell experience
    22 projects | dev.to | 18 May 2026
    Scoop is an open-source package manager that offers Windows-versions of popular cross-platform CLI and TUI tools.
  • The Ultimate Guide to a Smooth Dev Environment
    12 projects | dev.to | 9 Apr 2026
    Windows package managers like Chocolatey and Scoop simplify the installation and management of software on your machine. These tools help automate software setup, allowing you to install, update, and manage applications via the command line.
  • Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Mar 2026
  • The Polyglot NixOS
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Dec 2025
    With homebrew, you can have Brewfile that can serve as declarative source of truth.

    I try to install all software via homebrew, mise (https://mise.jdx.dev/), and scoop (https://scoop.sh/), and setting up a new machine now takes me minutes. Meanwhile I don't need to deal with Nix language.

  • Valve Is Running Apple's Playbook in Reverse
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2025
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/wi...

    https://chocolatey.org

    https://scoop.sh

    Just in case you don’t know about these. :)

  • Ask HN: What open source projects are you grateful for?
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Nov 2025
    Scoop (https://scoop.sh/), a package manager for windows that is essential to make Windows usable for me.

    Sourcegit is my new favorite git client. Git in general, of course.

    Linux and also the people behind RT_PREEMPT, I am excited to see it merged into mainline this year.

    KDE has been my favorite DE for years and I use many of their apps too, such as Kate. Thanks to everyone contributing to the KDE project.

    The entire python "data science" stack, numpy/scipy/matplotlib/pandas/plotly/polars/pyarrow/jupyter, which is essential to my work. Tiny projects too, like nptdms.

    The raspberry pi foundation, in particular for the pico, rp2040 and rp2350. Joy to work with, great documentation, super cheap and available, perfect for one-off projects, prototypes and hobby stuff, which is pretty much always neglected by the big silicon vendors.

    I set up my own NAS this year, running many self-hosted apps. I am grateful for Truenas, Jellyfin and pihole.

    So many cli apps that I use daily:

    - starship prompt

  • Servy: Turn Any App into a Native Windows Service
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    Make sure you have WinGet, Chocolatey, or Scoop installed.
  • Is Using Linux for Web Development Actually Necessary? Short answer: No.
    2 projects | dev.to | 24 May 2025
    Package managers – With tools like Scoop or Chocolatey, installing dev tools on Windows feels almost like using apt or brew.
  • Configuring LazyVim and Python on Windows with WSL
    10 projects | dev.to | 25 Mar 2025
    You can use Scoop package manager to install various packages. If you want to skip this step, you can install WezTerm manually. Open a PowerShell terminal and type
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