microsoft/winget-cli
Winget Cli
The Windows Package Manager is a command line tool for discovering, installing, upgrading, and configuring software packages on Windows operating systems. It functions as a CLI software installer for automating the deployment and update of applications across individual or machine-wide user profiles.
The project extends its functionality through a component object model interface for integration into other Windows applications and a set of native cmdlets that allow system administrators to manage software installation via PowerShell scripts.
The tool covers a broad range of package lifecycle capabilities, including software discovery across multiple sources, package source management, and application update management. It also handles machine-wide software provisioning to ensure applications are available for all user profiles on a device.
Features
- Package Installers - Serves as a core utility for retrieving and installing software applications from community, official, and private sources.
- Package Management Tools - Provides a comprehensive utility for discovering, installing, upgrading, and managing software packages on Windows.
- Package Discovery - Enables searching and inspecting software package metadata across multiple configured sources to find applications.
- Package Upgraders - Functions as a primary command line tool for managing the full lifecycle of software packages on Windows.
- Repository Sources - Manages multiple package sources and their resolution priority to find the best available software versions.
- CLI Installation Managers - Provides a terminal interface for automating the deployment and update of applications across user profiles.
- Windows Installation Utilities - Enables installing and updating Windows applications via a command line interface to avoid manual installers.
- Machine-Wide Deployment - Allows installing packages across all user profiles so every new account receives the application.
- Package Manifests - Uses structured manifest files to define package versions, metadata, and dependency relationships.
- Application Update Managers - Implements automated systems for checking and applying software updates to maintain security and feature parity.
- Machine-Wide Provisioning - Implements specialized installation paths and registry keys to ensure software is available for all user profiles.
- Automated Software Provisioning - Sets up standard sets of applications for new user accounts or system images through repeatable workflows.
- Windows Software Management - Automates software deployment and configuration across multiple user profiles or machines on Windows.
- Package Repository Configurations - Provides tools for managing and registering official software distribution sources used to discover application metadata.
- Module Wrappers - Wraps command line logic into high-level PowerShell cmdlets for automated system administration.
- Package Management Frameworks - Ships native cmdlets that provide a package management framework built on top of PowerShell.
- Task Automation Scripts - Provides native command line scripts for automating repeatable package management workflows and system administration.
- Command Line Tools - Official Windows package manager from Microsoft.
- System Utilities - Official command-line package manager for Windows.
- Terminal Utilities - Windows package manager command-line interface.
- General Productivity Tools - Package manager for Windows.
