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…at every level of the stack. Recent work and open source: - Scoop - Windows CLI installer ( https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop ) - TrueNAS Terraform provider and Go client: https://github.com/deevus/terraform-provider-truenas - Pixels…

comment by deevus · 2026-03-04 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)

…installed with it too. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123205#issuecomme... [2]: https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/3691#issuecom...

comment by c-hendricks · 2024-03-25 · in Mutt on Windows Without WSL

…Windows "uninstall" entry, no versions to be desync'd, and no hidden garbage that can sneak in. [1] https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Comp...

comment by gregmac · 2022-03-31 · in Dagger: a new way to build CI/CD pipelines

Please don't use any of these. Use scoop - it just works https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/scoop No admin needed for almost all packages, "scoop update *" to update your system, authoring packages is very easy.

comment by derkoe · 2022-02-18 · in The Day AppGet Died (2020)

…a user focused apt/homebrew. It's mostly for installing programs, not development dependencies. https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Comp...

comment by e12e · 2021-12-12 · in Ask HN: Why is building Windows apps so complicated?

Unfortunately scoop stopped being maintained. See https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/issues/2609#issuecommen...

comment by yarosv · 2021-08-14 · in WinCompose – A Compose Key for Windows

…Judging by this scoop.sh issue, there are no obvious not-cygwin builds/ports: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/issues/2295 Looks like there are libraries for rust and go - but not clients that are a drop in replacement (yet).

comment by e12e · 2021-04-21 · in Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsystem for Linux

There's a patch to fix this. https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/pull/4137 I'm pretty unhappy with the behavior of the maintainers to the author, though. There are better ways to suggest issues with documentation than just "this is a…

comment by iudqnolq · 2021-04-17 · in WinGet is terrible, I want AppGet back

…unfriendly to use, promotes their Pro plans too agressively, and like the article says, slow. [1]: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...

comment by imiric · 2021-04-17 · in WinGet is terrible, I want AppGet back

Here's a comparison page: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari... One advantage is that scoop installs (most) tools into a common place and search path, and thus doesn't pollute environment variables as much.

comment by flohofwoe · 2020-12-25 · in Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

…Way easier than creating an installer, for example this is how you create a Scoop manifest: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Creating-an-app-ma...

comment by mastazi · 2020-12-24 · in Datasette.io, an official project website for Datasette

See https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari... In general it is much simpler in its design and implementation. Most packages are portable and do not use installers. It doesn't have quite as many packages as chocolatey…

comment by iza · 2020-02-12 · in GitHub CLI is now in beta

…over the Homebrew and Scoop package managers: https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/homebrew-openjdk https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Java

comment by hs86 · 2019-08-21 · in AdoptOpenJDK: Open-source, prebuilt OpenJDK binaries

…noexec) - and conversely, for global installs - you need to abide by UAC in the form of "sudo": https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Global-Installs

comment by e12e · 2019-08-12 · in Ask HN: Configuration Management for Personal Computer?

Step 1: Disable sticky keys (especially if it is for gaming) Step 2: install https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop via a powershell script I wrote which will then spend the next while installing all I need for my development environment and…

comment by Zekio · 2019-08-08 · in Ask HN: What are the first things you do on a new Windows 10 PC? Any checklists?

…https://scoop.sh/ (enable its additional repositories for GUI tools or all possible JDK flavors: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Buckets ) [2] https://chocolatey.org/

comment by hs86 · 2019-04-19 · in Ask HN: How do you secure your Windows PC?

Instead of immediately jumping on WSL like some people suggest, I would install "scoop" ( https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop ) and spend some time learning Powershell, since it's the main shell of your OS. If you need unix-only tools,…

comment by Sangeppato · 2019-04-15 · in Ask HN: Turning Windows into a high-quality development environment

…what version(s) are available etc. I can't seen to find it, but does such a UI already exist? [0] https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/tree/master/bucket [1] https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extras/tree/master/buck...

comment by GordonS · 2019-01-22 · in A command-line installer for Windows

…[3] https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-coreteampackages/tr... [4] https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/tree/master/bucket [5] https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extras/tree/master/buck... [6] https://github.com/lukesampson

comment by gregmac · 2019-01-22 · in A command-line installer for Windows

I was curious too, turns out it's addressed in the wiki: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari... Short version: - Installs to ~/scoop/ by default. - No UAC popups, doesn't require admin rights. - Doesn't pollute…

comment by rococode · 2019-01-22 · in A command-line installer for Windows

…you try scoop for windows.It is a command line installer and you can avoid all the annoying popups. https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop

comment by thisisananth · 2018-07-05 · in The App Store turns 10

…good discussion of Windows installer stuff recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15791781 https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari... (scoop) is an option focused on dev tools, http://boxstarter.org for…

comment by j_s · 2018-01-18 · in So You Want to Compete with Steam

scoop(1) is a pretty cool package manager 1) https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop

comment by Zekio · 2018-01-13 · in Microsoft cURLs too

…in the scoop wiki about the differences between it and chocolatey if you missed it (2) 1) https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Buckets 2) https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...

comment by Zekio · 2017-12-23 · in Ask HN: Homebrew equivalent for windows?

…- BSD license - https://github.com/Homebrew/brew Scoop (as previously mentioned) - Public Domain - https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop Comparing Scoop to Chocolatey: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...

comment by lstamour · 2017-11-27 · in Telerik gets Fiddler unlisted from Chocolatey

…should be easy to add package/manifests for, and does allow one to update installed packages: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...

comment by e12e · 2016-03-15 · in Chocolatey – package manager for Windows

Also, the code is here if you want to have a look: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/tree/powershell2

comment by deevus · 2015-06-17 · in Show HN: Scoop – A command-line installer for locked down PCs with Powershell 2

…highly recommend it though for a useable shell ;) So far there are 59 apps in the main bucket: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/tree/master/bucket There are 17 more apps in the 'extras' bucket: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extra…

comment by lucajona · 2013-11-04 · in Scoop – A command-line installer for Windows

…Chocolatey you need some Powershell and Nuget chops. There's a simple example app manifest here: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/App-Manifests

comment by lucajona · 2013-11-04 · in Scoop – A command-line installer for Windows

See also https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...

comment by eddiegroves · 2013-11-04 · in Scoop – A command-line installer for Windows