What is WingetUI?
WingetUI is an intuitive, responsive and nice-looking user interface for the most common (command-line) package managers for Windows 10 and Windows 11, such as Winget, Scoop, Chocolatey, Pip, NPM, .NET Tool and PowerShell Gallery.
With this program, you'll be able to easily download, install, update and uninstall any software that's published on those package managers. The available packages range from well-known software such as browsers, pdf readers and other common programs to other less-known utilities such as vim for windows, which I bet you didn't know it existed.
However, this does not end here: WingetUI brings power user focused features, such as mechanisms to backup and restore lists of packages, or to bulk install or uninstall software, either to debloat your new laptop or to easily restore the software you had installed on your last setup.
Wait, did I say that WingetUI keeps your software updated automatically? Well, it looks like i forgot to. And if you don't want to, it also can notify you when updates are available.
WingetUI Features
Install, update and remove software from your system easily at one click: WingetUI combines the packages from the most used package managers for windows: Winget, Chocolatey, Scoop, Pip, Npm and .NET Tool.
Discover new packages and filter them to easily find the package you want.
View detailed metadata about any package before installing it. Get the direct download URL or the name of the publisher, as well as the size of the download.
Easily bulk-install, update or uninstall multiple packages at once selecting multiple packages before performing an operation
Automatically update packages, or be notified when updates become available. Skip versions or completely ignore updates in a per-package basis.
Manage your available updates at the touch of a button from the Widgets pane or from Dev Home pane with WingetUI Widgets.
The system tray icon will also show the available updates and installed package, to efficiently update a program or remove a package from your system.
Easily customize how and where packages are installed. Select different installation options and switches for each package. Install an older version or force to install a 32bit architecture. [But don't worry, those options will be saved for future updates for this package]
Share packages with your friends to show them off that program you found. Here is an example: Hey @friend, Check out this program!
Export custom lists of packages to then import them to another machine and install those packages with previously-specified, custom installation parameters. Setting up machines or configuring a specific software setup has never been easier.
Backup your packages to a local file to easily recover your setup in a matter of seconds when migrating to a new machine
Installation
There are multiple ways to install WingetUI — choose whichever one you prefer!
Download WingetUI installer (recommended):
Install WingetUI through Winget:
winget install --exact wingetui --source winget
Install WingetUI through Scoop:
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install wingetui
Install WingetUI through Chocolatey:
choco install wingetui
Update WingetUI
WingetUI has a built-in autoupdater. However, it can also be updated like any other package within WingetUI (since WingetUI is available through Winget and Scoop).
Compatibility with Package Managers:
NOTE: All package managers do support basic install, update and uninstall processes, as well as checking for updates, finding new packages and retrieving details from a package.
✅: Supported on WingetUI
☑️: Not directly supported but can be easily achieved
⚠️: Supported, but some packages might not follow this setting
❌: Not supported by the package manager
1. Some packages do not support installing to a custom location or scope and will ignore this setting
2. Despite the Package Manager may not support PreReleases, some packages can be found duplicated, with one of the copies being the beta version of it.
3. Some installers do not have a GUI, and will ignore the interactive flag
Frequently asked questions
Q: I am unable to install or upgrade a specific Winget package! What should I do?
A: This is likely an issue with Winget rather than WingetUI.
Please check if it's possible to install/upgrade the package through PowerShell or the Command Prompt by using the commands winget upgrade or winget install, depending on the situation (for example: winget upgrade --id Microsoft.PowerToys).
If this doesn't work, consider asking for help at Winget's project page.
Q: The name of a package is trimmed with ellipsis — how do I see its full name/id?
A: This is a known limitation of Winget.
See more details on the issue microsoft/winget-cli#2603.
Q: My antivirus is telling me that WingetUI is a virus! / My browser is blocking the download of WingetUI!
A: A common reason apps (i.e., executables) get blocked and/or detected as a virus — even when there's nothing malicious about them, like in the case of WingetUI — is because they're not being used by a relatively large amount of people.
Combine that with the fact that you might be downloading something recently released, and simply blocking unknown apps is in many cases a good precaution to take to prevent actual malware.
Since WingetUI is open source and safe to use, simply whitelist the app in the settings of your antivirus/browser.
Q: Are Winget/Scoop packages safe?
A: WingetUI, Microsoft, and Scoop aren't responsible for the packages available for download, which are provided by third parties and can theoretically be compromised.
To mitigate the risks of downloading malware, Microsoft has implemented a few checks for the software available on Winget. Even so, It's recommended to only download software from publishers that you trust.
Check out the Wiki for more information!
Command-line parameters:
--daemon: Start WingetUI without spawning a new window. WingetUI will run minimized on the system tray. WingetUI is called with this parameter when launched at startup. Autostart WingetUI in the notifications area must be enabled for this parameter to work.
--welcomewizard (or simply --welcome): Show a window to choose which package managers to use.
--updateapps: Enable automatic installation of available updates.
--report-all-errors: May help debug crashes (WingetUI 3.0 and newer)
Installer command-line parameters:
The installer is inno-setup based, so it supports regular Inno Setup command-line parameters. Additionally, it also supports the following parameters:
/NoAutoStart: Will not launch WingetUI after installing it.
/ALLUSERS: Install WingetUI for every user
/CURRENTUSER: Install WingetUI for the current user only
