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WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

74 mentions on Hacker News by 66 people: 9 stories, 65 comments · first 2020-05-19 · latest 2026-04-08

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  1. …made an update since the blog went up, so this comment may eventually become out of date. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353#issuecomm... [2] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353#issuecomm...
    comment by hysan · 2020-05-31 · in Winget Install Learning
  2. See also https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353 for a discussion in which the AppGet author participated, and particularly https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353#issuecomm...
    comment by Arnavion · 2020-05-31 · in Winget Install Learning
  3. …had. I bet MS is waiting for public feedback for the next point. Acutally MS has its Roadmap: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/wind... For the spec, only two common options: YAML & JSON. And every YAML spec looks…
    comment by KayL · 2020-05-28 · in The Day AppGet Died
  4. …issue filed against the winget repo for this, if you're interested, subscribe to the issue: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353
    comment by jdonaldson · 2020-05-28 · in The Day AppGet Died
  5. Went to the github Microsoft package and came across this issue, posted by one of you. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353
    comment by jgeerts · 2020-05-28 · in The Day AppGet Died
  6. There is an issue created in winget GitHub page suggesting to donate appget - https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/353
    comment by chethiya · 2020-05-28 · in The Day AppGet Died
  7. Microsoft did roll their own version, but it's Open Source: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/tree/master/src
    comment by nailer · 2020-05-27 · in The Day AppGet Died
  8. …opt out and someone assumed that it means it is not possible. However, based on the updated readme https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli#datatelemetry there was a way to opt-out from the beggining, just not documented. Yes, it should…
    comment by underko · 2020-05-22 · in Windows package manager does not permit opting out of telemetry
  9. …you search for tracelogging in the code you'll find they're associated with debugging and errors. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/e997f3e394e66f2... I don't know if you understand how difficult it is to debug programs that…
    comment by haecceity · 2020-05-21 · in Windows package manager does not permit opting out of telemetry
  10. These are on the roadmap: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/wind...
    comment by runjake · 2020-05-19 · in Windows Package Manager Preview
  11. Uninstall, Deps and other items are on the roadmap here: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/wind...
    comment by bproven · 2020-05-19 · in Windows Package Manager Preview
  12. …to help improve our products and services. See the privacy statement for more details." from https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
    comment by lrpublic · 2020-05-19 · in Windows Package Manager Preview
  13. …to take a look at the project's roadmap to get an idea where Microsoft is going with this: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/wind...
    comment by eclipsetheworld · 2020-05-19 · in Windows Package Manager Preview
  14. …Windows Package Manager Preview https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m... https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli [1] https://mybuild.microsoft.com [2] https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion [3]…
    comment by aspenmayer · 2020-05-19 · in Microsoft Project Reunion: an evolution of the Windows developer platform
  15. …Windows Package Manager Preview https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m... https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli [1] https://mybuild.microsoft.com [2] https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion [3]…
    comment by aspenmayer · 2020-05-19 · in Microsoft Project Reunion: an evolution of the Windows developer platform