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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

winget install: If a single download fails or a paket was renamed, all following installs are skipped, even with --force Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4615 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2024
Microsoft .NET SDK: Upgrade installs the packages, but still says updates are available Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4609 · 8 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Jul 3, 2024
Repair-WinGetPackageManager does not detect provisioned but not registered state Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4603 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2024
Admin setting was not found logged multiple times Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4593 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 28, 2024
Winget not update obs-ptz Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4575 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 21, 2024
Access denied (0xc0000005) when running under Windows 10 version 17763 Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4574 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 21, 2024
Unable to upgrade k6 Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4573 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 21, 2024
`Get-WinGetPackage`'s `-Exact` option doesn't function Open

Issue-Docs PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4561 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2024
winget does not recognice the installed version correct if run without administrator rights Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4555 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 14, 2024
The update process fails although the package was successfully updated. Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4550 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 13, 2024
PortableUninstall uninstaller failed: 2316632067 Open

Command-Uninstall Issue-Bug Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4542 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 5, 2024
Set-WinGetUserSettings needs distinct parameters Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4536 · 11 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 4, 2024
Improve winget output (type: system.array) to be actionable by PowerShell Open

Area-Output Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4521 · 8 comments · Opened May 31, 2024
`winget upgrade --id XP89DCGQ3K6VLD --version 0.81.1` fails even if `winget upgrade` says that version is available Open

Issue-Bug msstore

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4514 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 29, 2024
Figured out how to fix Windows Store/winget corrupt repository Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4513 · 13 comments · 22 reactions · Opened May 29, 2024
Getting a massive amount of packages whose version cannot be determined after using 'winget upgrade' Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4510 · 16 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 27, 2024
winget configuratoin validate succeeds without error despite resource not existing Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4509 · Opened May 26, 2024
Allow controlling log level and output type using CLI arguments and environment variables Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4508 · 2 comments · Opened May 26, 2024
Garbled output when doing `winget list --source winget | Sort-Object Name` in pwsh with windows language set to russian Open

Area-Output Command-List Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4507 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 25, 2024
Microsoft.Management.Deployment.Projection should be included in Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.ComInterop NuGet Open

Area-COM-API Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4504 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 23, 2024
where are windows server 2022 installation instructions? Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4502 · 6 comments · Opened May 23, 2024
WDK and SDK Side by Side installs do not work correctly Open

Issue-Bug Side-by-Side

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4501 · 1 comment · Opened May 22, 2024
Offline install capability Open

Command-Install Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4500 · 5 comments · 16 reactions · Opened May 21, 2024
`--scope machine` for zip install type incorrectly inherits permissions Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4496 · 9 comments · 8 reactions · Opened May 20, 2024
Truncated message warning should be yellow not red. Open

Area-Output Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4495 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 19, 2024
Add `<PACKAGEVERSION>` token Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4494 · 3 reactions · Opened May 18, 2024
Gibberish and inconsistencies in package IDs Open

Area-Output Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4491 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 17, 2024
Winget Configuration Export should support more than one ID Open

Command-Configure Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4485 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2024
WinGet configure should look for a default config file if none is provided Open

Command-Configure Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4482 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 15, 2024
Support input file containing list of software for 'download' feature Open

Command-Download Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4481 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 15, 2024
DisplayLink.Graphics update sets off Antivirus Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4476 · 2 comments · Opened May 13, 2024
SOCKS proxy support Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4465 · 2 comments · 7 reactions · Opened May 9, 2024
winget install results in 0x80072f8f : unknown error Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4460 · 4 comments · Opened May 8, 2024
Allow searching errors without `0x` Open

Area-Output Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4456 · Opened May 7, 2024
WinGet "List" without hitting the network Open

Command-List Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4449 · 2 comments · 9 reactions · Opened May 6, 2024
Optimising package download bandwidth Open

Area-External Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4448 · 2 comments · Opened May 6, 2024
Winget does not update Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4446 · 4 comments · Opened May 4, 2024
winget not listing certain msstore apps Open

Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4445 · 2 comments · Opened May 3, 2024
winget recommends spurious onenote update Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4443 · 12 comments · Opened May 3, 2024
Download request status is not success. Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4440 · 23 comments · 7 reactions · Opened May 3, 2024
Clone and configure a GitHub project Open

Command-Configure Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4435 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 1, 2024
Unable to Add-AppxProvisionedPackage as System since 1.7.11132 Open

Context-System Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4431 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2024
Add support for SYSTEM account when using Winget PowerShell Module Open

Context-System Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4422 · 15 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2024
History subcommand Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4421 · Opened Apr 29, 2024
Specify minimum version of a package with WinGetPackage DSC Resource Open

Command-Configure DSC-Resource Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4397 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 22, 2024
winget losing track of progress Open

Area-Output Command-Install Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4396 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 22, 2024
Documentation when installer types change Open

Area-Output Command-Upgrade Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4391 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 19, 2024
Create WinGet deployment documentation or scripts Open

Issue-Docs PowerShell

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4390 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 19, 2024
"Failed in attempting to update the source: winget" when using "update" command as non-admin user Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4385 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 17, 2024
Configuration PowerShell objects do not expose full data Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4384 · Opened Apr 16, 2024

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