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UniGetUI 3.1.0 Final: WingetUI major update

WingetUI

UniGetUI 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 UniGetUI, you'll be able to download, install, update and uninstall any software that's published on the supported package managers — and so much more.

UniGetUI features

  • Install, update and remove software from your system easily at one click: UniGetUI combines the packages from the most used package managers for windows: WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, Pip, Npm and .NET Tool.
  • Discover new packages and filter them to easily find the package you want.
  • View detailed metadata about any package before installing it. Get the direct download URL or the name of the publisher, as well as the size of the download.
  • Easily bulk-install, update or uninstall multiple packages at once selecting multiple packages before performing an operation
  • Automatically update packages, or be notified when updates become available. Skip versions or completely ignore updates in a per-package basis.
  • Manage your available updates at the touch of a button from the Widgets pane or from Dev Home pane with UniGetUI Widgets.
  • The system tray icon will also show the available updates and installed package, to efficiently update a program or remove a package from your system.
  • Easily customize how and where packages are installed. Select different installation options and switches for each package. Install an older version or force to install a 32bit architecture. [But don't worry, those options will be saved for future updates for this package]
  • Share packages with your friends to show them off that program you found. Here is an example: Hey @friend, Check out this program!
  • Export custom lists of packages to then import them to another machine and install those packages with previously-specified, custom installation parameters. Setting up machines or configuring a specific software setup has never been easier.
  • Backup your packages to a local file to easily recover your setup in a matter of seconds when migrating to a new machine

UniGetUI 3.1.0 release notes:

WingetUI is now UniGetUI. A new icon completes the rebranding

The Package Engine has undergone an entire redesign

  • Package managers that support so fetch packages via APIs (WinGet uses COM, NuGet-Based use REST nuget APIs, etc.). This leads to important speed improvements
  • The way in which icons are loaded has been renewed. Package managers that support so will provide the icons directly to the packages.
  • Microsoft Store (winget: msstore) packages show their screenshots on the details page.
  • System WinGet is now used by default. Bundled WinGet is no longer used to fetch or to install packages.
  • WinGet Packages will not show ellipted anymore.
  • Lifecycle of Packages, PackageDetails and InstallationOptions have been modified to not have duplicated instances of the same data in ram. Package data that has been already loaded will not be loaded again, and will be recycled from an older load instead.
  • Widgets for UniGetUI will now load packages faster, and does not rely on the interface as much as it used to.
  • When a package manager is missing a dependency, the user will be prompted to install it.

Important improvements across the entire interface

  • The Software Pages have been rebuilt with ItemsView in favour of ListView. This decreases the amount of used RAM (70~100mb less aprox.)
  • The Package Details page has been rebuilt with RichTextBlock. Content does not overflow and is overall better presented. Bold, italic and greyed out fonts are used to make the interface more understandable. Text and URLs can be copied.
  • The Logs pages have been rebuilt, to provide more important information better. Different levels of logs have been introduced, easing the process of debugging and understanding issues.
  • The Settings page has been reorganized into more coherent categories
  • Improvements to ContentDialogs. Dialogs that do not prompt the user for a decision have a "Close" button at the top-right corner of the dialog.
  • The Package Engine has been internally decoupled from the Interface.
  • The System Tray has new, pixel-perfect icons.
  • The installer will ensure WinGet and Microsoft.WinGet.Client are present on the system.
  • The installer will allow the user to not install Chocolatey
  • Tons of bugfixes and improvements.

What's Changed

  • [Not priority] Fix random mistakes in README (mainly typos) by @tiagorangel2011 in #2011
  • Dotnet runtime bootstrapper by @marticliment in #1970
  • Show 'Update' Button in Tray Notification When Only One Update is Available by @CoolSpy3 in #2055
  • Update readme.md by @marticliment in #2057
  • Fix #1995: [BUG] Notification tray icon by @CoolSpy3 in #2072
  • Winget COM API compatibility by @marticliment in #2035
  • fix scoop-search autofix error by @ercJuL in #2086
  • Update installation step via Scoop by @Goooler in #2079
  • Adds additional description to package manager toggles by @turw41th in #2107
  • Fixed a bug in package search by @ArtyomZabroda in #2091
  • README mistakes by @skanda890 in #2126
  • Update Code of Conduct, Contributing Guidelines and Security.md by @skanda890 in #2127
  • Update bug-issue.yml and hard-crash.yml to Correct spelling mistakes by @skanda890 in #2130
  • Rebrand WingetUI to UniGetUI by @marticliment in #2032
  • Fix ParentContainsErrorRecordException if a Windows limited user resets Winget sources by @pomodori92 in #2150
  • Add Missing Line Break in CLI Parameters Section of README by @CoolSpy3 in #2175
  • Very basic start by @Atrejoe in #2176
  • Separate UniGetUI into modules by @marticliment in #2161
  • ICU message format for translations by @flatron4eg in #2045
  • Use Windows display language instead of regional format by @KimCM in #2285
  • Better Package Manager Loggers by @marticliment in #2292
  • Keyboard navigation by @marticliment in #2307
  • Update licenses, disclaimer on the about page by @marticliment in #2309
  • Package data lifecycle optimization by @marticliment in #2317
  • Decouple loading and "holding" packages from the UI - Creation of PackageLoaders by @marticliment in #2328
  • Replace ListView with ItemsView by @marticliment in #2335
  • Move message formatter in LanguageEngine, add locale for message formatter by @flatron4eg in #2326
  • Update SECURITY.md by @skanda890 in #2129
  • Update bug-issue.yml by @marticliment in #2341
  • This removes grammatical mistakes from the code. by @skanda890 in #2340
  • Update readme.md by @skanda890 in #2360
  • Update translations from Tolgee by @github-actions in #2363
  • Add translation string in the installer ("Install Chocolatey") by @mapi68 in #2369
  • Update icons and screenshots from the excel file by @github-actions in #2370

UniGetUI 3.1.1 Beta 0 changelog:

Added back bundled WinGet compatibility. This fixes

  • No WinGet packages showing.
  • Microsoft.WinGet.Client not working/crashing
  • Microsoft.WinGet.Client not being compatible with Windows Server 2019

Issues with package encoding

  • WinGet will be found on systems where the user does not have a ascii-only username
  • WinGet packages showing garbled packages

Download: UniGetUI 3.1.1 Beta 0 | UniGetUI 3.1.0 51.0 MB (Open Source)
Links: WingetUI Home Page | GitHub | Screenshot

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