Windows Package Manager

Windows Package Manager
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release13 May 2020; 4 years ago (13 May 2020)
Stable release
1.8.1911[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 10 July 2024; 3 months ago (10 July 2024)
Preview release
1.9.25180[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 29 October 2024; 5 days ago (29 October 2024)
Repositorygithub.com/microsoft/winget-cli
Written inC++,[3] XML,[3] C,[3] C#,[3] Python,[3] Extensible Application Markup Language,[3] CMake,[3] Ada,[3] shell script,[3] Perl,[3] Pascal,[3] XSLT,[3] Autoconf,[3] HTML,[3] PowerShell,[3] DIGITAL Command Language,[3] JavaScript,[3] make,[3] assembly language[3] Edit this on Wikidata
Operating systemWindows 10 or later
Size~23 MB
Available inChinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and others
Typepackage manager, installation Edit this on Wikidata
LicenseMIT License[4] Edit this on Wikidata
Websitelearn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/

The Windows Package Manager (also known as winget) is a free and open-source package manager designed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It consists of a command-line utility and a set of services for installing applications.[5][6] Independent software vendors can use it as a distribution channel for their software packages.

  1. ^ "Release Windows Package Manager 1.8.1911". GitHub. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Release Windows Package Manager 1.9.25180". GitHub. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "The winget-cli Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". Open Hub. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "winget-cli/LICENSE at master". GitHub. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ Tom Warren (20 May 2020). "Microsoft's new Windows Package Manager is already better than the Windows Store". The Verge.
  6. ^ Windows Package Manager Preview | Windows Command Line