WingetUI (UnigetUI) 3.0.1

WingetUI is an application whose main goal is to create an intuitive GUI for the most common CLI package managers for Windows 10 and Windows 11, such as Winget, Scoop and Chocolatey. With WingetUI, you"ll be able to download, install, update and uninstall any software that"s published on the supported package managers — and so much more.

WingetUI features

  • WingetUI has the ability to install, update and uninstall packages from Winget, Scoop and ChnageChocolatey. WingetUI will also detect if your manually-installed apps can be updated!
  • It can also upgrade and uninstall previously installed packages — as well as uninstall built-in Windows apps!
  • WingetUI has the ability to both import and export the packages of your choice, so that you can easily install them in the future.
  • WingetUI supports managing Scoop buckets with an interface.
  • Install an older version of an app.
  • WingetUI shows a notification when there are available updates
  • Manage your updates and installed packages from its context menu
  • The user will be notified whether the installation/update/uninstallation of an app was completed successfully or not.
  • The ability to queue installations in order to prevent conflicts.
  • A dark theme is available to prevent you from burning your eyes.
  • WingetUI has the ability to show package-related information (like its license, SHA256 hash, homepage, etc.) before installation.
  • There are more than 14000 packages available (if winget, scoop and chocolatey are enabled)!

WingetUI 3.0 Beta 0 changelog:

  • This is the first beta release. All the missing features since 3.0-alpha2 have been ported.

  • Added Package Tags

  • Improvements on the Settings UI.

  • Lots of bugfixes and minor details.

Main changes since Alpha 0:

  • Upgraded .NET 6.0 to .NET 8.0. The binary size has been decreased in 60mb
  • Added support for the background api, featuring
  • Compatibility with receiving shared packages
  • Compatibility with WingetUI Widgets
  • WingetUI won"t crash with file pickers anymore when ran as administrator
  • Added the built-in autoupdater
  • Addes Importing and exporting packages feature, now renamed to Package Bundles

  • Bundles can now be edited

  • Packages can now be added one (or multiple) at a time. No need to bulk-select all of them

  • Bundles can be exported as XML (in addition to already existing JSON and XAML) too.

  • Package backups do work now

  • Sources can be added and removed

  • Package details will show.

  • Importing and exporting packages

  • Installed package backups

  • Package tags

  • Adding and removing sources (installed sources are listed)

  • The API that communicates with WingetUI Widgets

  • The API that allows WingetUI to open when a package was shared to you (you can still share packages)

  • Viewing package details (The interface works, but it will show no data).

  • WingetUI ran as administrator will crash when opening a File/Folder picker

  • The built-in WingetUI autoupdater. You may want to subscribe to this repository to get notified when a new release is available.

  • Fix crashes and improve overall program

  • Minor scoop, chocolatey and winget improvements

WingetUI 3.0 Beta 1 changelog:

  • Minor improvements
  • Better logging and better internal exception handling
  • Interface improvements
  • Polish details
  • Fix issues and bugs

WingetUI 3.0.0 changelog:

WingetUI will soon become UnigetUI. Please see #1900 for more details.

WingetUI has been redesigned entirely (full changelog) . WingetUI is now built with WinUI3 on top of .NET 8. This redesign brings not only a brand new interface, but also an improved backend. The major highlights are:

  • Smoother, more responsive interface. Aesthetics and accessibility have been greatly improved.
  • The backend has been improved. Packages now load faster and more reliably, providing a more straight-forward experience.
  • Importing and exporting packages got a big upgrade: Lists of packages can now be opened, edited and exported again. A new Package Bundles section has been added to the interface.

Changes in WingetUI 3.0.1:

  • Fixed an issue where some parts of the interface would not adapt to WingetUI"s theme, becoming il·legible
  • Fixed an issue where updating scoop packages would incorrectly report an error
  • Fixed an issue where running an operation as administrator would fail
  • Fixed an issue where some NPM packages wouldn"t render correctly
  • Fixed an issue where enabling parallel installs for a specific manager wouldn"t work
  • Package sorting is handled in a more visible way
  • Accessibility improvements
  • Fixed broken characters on Command-Line outputs
  • Fixed an issue where successful operations would disappear from the list when set to not disappear automatically
  • Fixed scoop sources not being listed
  • Improvements in winget sources reset script
  • More efficient handling of WebView objects
  • The Interface will now adapt better to wider window sizes
  • Other general improvements and fixes

Download: WingetUI 3.0.1 | 157.0 MB (Open Source)
Links: WingetUI Home Page | GitHub | Screenshot

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