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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).

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Forks: 1.8k
Open beginner issues: 6
Indexed issues: 1.3k
Avg merge: 1d 11h
Merged PRs (30d): 15

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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1,264 open issues indexed

Unable to Download Offline Licensed LOB Apps Open

Area-External Command-Download msstore

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4792 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 5, 2024
Non-shell based archive handling Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4790 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 4, 2024
Powershell Module Should Support Scope Parameter Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4787 · 10 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Sep 4, 2024
Add PowerShell module docs on Microsoft Learn Open

Issue-Docs PowerShell

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4783 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2024
Issue with WinGet Installation as System User: Error Extracting Zip Packages Open

.zip Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4777 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2024
Add short command aliases to improve user experience and efficiency Open

Area-User-Interface Issue-Feature

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microsoft/winget-cli#4775 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2024
Add Microsoft.WinGet.DSC Help in the build Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4771 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2024
Add Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration Help in the build Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4770 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2024
Add platyPS documentation for Microsoft.WinGet.DSC Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4769 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2024
Add platyPS documentation for Microsoft.WinGet.Configuration Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4768 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 29, 2024
`winget update` reports a `Hashicorp.Terraform` update is available, but `winget update Hashicorp.Terraform` says none is found Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4761 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2024
Portable packages should support side by side Open

Issue-Feature Portable

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4755 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 27, 2024
Error 0x80073cf3: Cannot upgrade Firefox because another package with the same name is installed Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4752 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2024
Upgrading `pnpm.pnpm` via the exact ID does not work Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4751 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 23, 2024
RFC: Progress bar color management Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4744 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2024
PowerShell -MatchOption default should be EqualsCaseInsensitive Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4737 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2024
Error 0x8a150044 occurs when downloading some packages sourced from MSStore Open

Area-External Command-Download Issue-Bug msstore

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4735 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 14, 2024
Failure to install using DISM if App Installer isn't already present Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4733 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 13, 2024
Exit code 87 when using /override params on Logitech.OptionsPlus Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4722 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2024
allow to specify powershell edition for dsc resource Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4715 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2024
Better validation output messages for PackageIdentifier schema issues Open

Area-Output Command-Validate Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4712 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 7, 2024
Support the `.AppInstaller` file format. Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4711 · 19 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Aug 7, 2024
Error Updating `winget` source - No more endpoints available from mapper Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4706 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 5, 2024
Winget stuck at installing depencies Open

Dependencies Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4703 · Opened Aug 4, 2024
`--installer-type exe` filter should work with `nullsoft`, `inno` and `burn` Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4702 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 4, 2024
"winget list --name xy" executes (VERY) SLOW when using broad filter (for the first time?) Open

Area-Performance Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 43/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4701 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 4, 2024
Add `--override` to `uninstall` Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4700 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2024
`Update-WinGetPackage` does not throw on error and `$?` = `True` Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4698 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 2, 2024
Support the `-Debug` parameter in Microsoft.WinGet.Client PowerShell module Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4697 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 1, 2024
Installation fails with no output message Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4692 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2024
Redistributable (SVG) Logo for WinGet Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4691 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 31, 2024
Reset-WinGetSource removes the source, but does not add it back Open

Command-Source Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4689 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2024
When installing Winget v1.8.1911 with Add-AppxProvisionedPackage the Microsoft.UI.XAML requiremend is not flagged. Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4686 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 30, 2024
Winget is totally broken on my system Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4683 · 26 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 29, 2024
Return a version object in Get-WinGetVersion Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4681 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 26, 2024
WinGet not installing the actual package when it has a dependency, and tries to install the dependency itself even though it is already present Open

Command-Upgrade Dependencies Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4679 · 17 comments · 18 reactions · Opened Jul 26, 2024
Upgrade --uninstall-previous fails when newer version's install technology is different from the current version installed. Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4677 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 25, 2024
Add support for agreements in PowerShell install flow Open

Command-Install In-PR Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4671 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 24, 2024
Update loop with balenaEtcher Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug Side-by-Side

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4664 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 22, 2024
Add the possibility to mark a specific version as not to use. Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4662 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2024
Can not install a program to setting location Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4660 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 22, 2024
Add "--exclude" option to winget-cli Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4650 · 11 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Jul 18, 2024
WinGet download installs more than one bundle. It should be latest Open

Area-External Issue-Bug msstore

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4644 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 16, 2024
`Get-WinGetConfiguration` default `-Path` to what `winget config` points to Open

Issue-Docs Issue-Feature PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4637 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 14, 2024
`Get-WinGetConfiguration` can't open a valid WinGet config file Open

Issue-Docs PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4636 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 14, 2024
Manifest validation succeeds when NestedInstaller(Type | Files) is used for non-zip packages Open

Command-Validate In-PR Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4633 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2024
--exact results in not finding package even when exact is installed Open

Command-List Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4632 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 12, 2024
winget install --scope machine stopped working Open

Area-Scope Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4630 · 11 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 12, 2024
`Update-WinGetPackage -WhatIf`: Installs the update instead of saying what it would do Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4622 · 6 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jul 8, 2024
Winget acting strange after moving package cache and temp to Dev-Drive Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4616 · 14 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2024

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