Winstall.app - web-based GUI for Windows Package Manager only

Earlier this week at build event 2020, Microsoft officially released Windows Package Manager, a command line tool that allows you to quickly install your favorite tools (tools, applications). and easily on a Windows environment - similar to on Linux.

In its current form, this is a command-line-based tool that allows users to quickly download and install numerous applications from a centralized repository easily found on GitHub.

However, if you're not a fan of the command line-based tool, Mehedi Hassan, author of the popular Tweeten client for Twitter, created winstall.app . This is a web application that acts as the GUI version of Windows Package Manager, helping users find and install applications more easily on an individual basis. In addition, it also allows users to select multiple applications and create a batch command to install all of those applications at once using the command line.

winstall.app

The repository used for Windows Package Manager - and also winstall.app - has been developed and expanded significantly over the past few days. Up to now, there are more than 240 supported applications, and this number is expected to continue to increase sharply in the near future. Some popular applications include Steam, ShareX, Telegram, Google Chrome, Edge and more. In addition, software developers can send their application manifest to the repository to provide them on Windows Package Manager.

Currently, Windows Package Manager is somewhat limited in that it can only search and install applications, but Microsoft has also planned a number of improvements to be included in future releases. . Redmond will add uninstall and update commands to help users manage the packages they have installed more easily. If you want to receive the latest updates for Windows Package Manager, you will need to join the Windows internal user program (Windows Insider) or register to join the Windows Package Manager Insider program.

Windows Package Manager, distributed as part of the Windows App Installer, is now available in Windows 10.