Anyone using Winget here? What's your experience been like?
Afer hearing about Winget years ago, and recently hearing about it having improved a lot, I was wondering if anyone had any hands-on experience with Winget. I understand it is some sort of Windows package manager similiar to APT, which allows you to install and update/upgrade all apps easily. Since Windows 10/11 is still my daily driver and I will continue using it for various reasons, I was wondering if Winget is worth giving a shot?
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It is. It makes provisioning new Windows systems a lot easier and you can upgrade all packages using a single command.
I used to use chocolatey instead but ran into more and more outdated and unmaintained packages. Winget seems to be more active.
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Found this site which seems to list available packages: https://winstall.app/
Interesting. Will check it out
You can also create packs and install various apps running a script/pack. Seems interesting indeed. Only recently I reinstalled Windows and had to setup all apps again. This could be way easier in the future
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Does it let you “scan” a PC offline, then connect to download the packages, and install them offline?
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At work, the Windows Store is blocked by GPO, so I just install anything I need from it via winget, it's a lot easier than reg hacking around the block
It's got a bit of a dark history
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