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Windows Package Managers

Windows has two primary package managers: Chocolatey and winget (Windows Package Manager).

Chocolatey​

Chocolatey is a widely-used package manager for Windows with extensive package availability.

Official documentation: chocolatey.org

Installation​

Run in PowerShell as Administrator:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Verify Installation​

choco --version

Quick Reference​

choco install <package> -y    # Install a package
choco upgrade all -y          # Upgrade all packages
choco list --local-only       # List installed packages
choco search <query>          # Search for packages

winget (Windows Package Manager)​

winget is Microsoft's built-in package manager, included with Windows 11 and available for Windows 10.

Official documentation: learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager

Verify Installation​

winget is pre-installed on Windows 11. For Windows 10, install from the Microsoft Store.

winget --version

Quick Reference​

winget install <package>      # Install a package
winget upgrade --all          # Upgrade all packages
winget list                   # List installed packages
winget search <query>         # Search for packages