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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

Bug: When adding the "--scope machine" switch, winget installs an older version of the software Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3897 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2023
Signing of winget binary for high security environment Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3895 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 15, 2023
Winget doesn't work Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3894 · 24 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2023
Bug trying to update my microsoft teams application Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3893 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2023
WinGet for Linux Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3889 · 14 comments · 16 reactions · Opened Nov 14, 2023
Allow searching by SHA256 Open

Command-Search Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3884 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Create a GitHub Action for the GitHub Runner images Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3872 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2023
Upload debug symbols to Microsoft Symbol Server Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3871 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2023
Ability to specify a default installer type in the manifest Open

Area-Manifest Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3866 · 3 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Nov 8, 2023
Cannot install winget - An error occurred because a user was logged off. Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3862 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 8, 2023
Fix your server please Open

Issue-Bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/winget-cli#3857 · 10 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 5, 2023
Rest source update issue Open

Command-Source Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3852 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Support import --scope=machine Open

Command-Import Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3850 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Always Shows 'Installing Dependencies' Open

Area-User-Interface Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3848 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 3, 2023
If no package is found with `winget install <package>` return search results for <package>. Open

Command-Install Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3847 · Opened Nov 2, 2023
winget upgrade fails with certain MSIs Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3825 · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 27, 2023
Is there a Winget Show PowerShell equivalent? Open

Command-Show Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3823 · 6 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Oct 27, 2023
PowerShell cmdlets need full documentation Open

Issue-Docs PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3822 · 11 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Oct 27, 2023
Get-WinGetSettings should write a structured object in PowerShell Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3821 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 27, 2023
Wrapping COMException which winget can handle Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3820 · Opened Oct 27, 2023
WinRT.Runtime conflict in PowerShell 7.3.8 Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3819 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 27, 2023
PowerShell module commands missing Exact switch Open

Issue-Docs

microsoft/winget-cli#3809 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 25, 2023
Latest version not working Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3806 · 23 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 23, 2023
Winget is not working Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3804 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2023
Allow closing processes before upgrading Open

Area-Manifest Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3802 · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 21, 2023
Add support for local accounts for winget without login into store, update winget with Windows Update Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3801 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 21, 2023
For 64-bit applications, installation is automatically placed in the Program Files (x86) folder. Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/winget-cli#3800 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2023
Information about Amazon Kindle is very wrong Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3799 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2023
`winget` mixes up PowerShell and PowerShell Preview Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3798 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 21, 2023
Support file composition for WinGet Configure Open

Command-Configure Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3797 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 20, 2023
Cannot install a msstore app in machine scope : The current system configuration does not support the installation of this package. Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3795 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 20, 2023
Winget should use latest manifest that honours the command line arguments (--scope, for instance) Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3788 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2023
Two entries for a single install? Open

Command-List Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3785 · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Version number recognition error in the list of upgrade command Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/winget-cli#3781 · Opened Oct 18, 2023
WinGet seems confused about the version of GitHub Desktop I have installed Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3780 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Random assertion failure on `winget upgrade` Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3771 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 16, 2023
Tracking issue for DSC Resources Open

Area-External Command-Configure DSC-Resource Issue-Docs

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

microsoft/winget-cli#3769 · 8 reactions · Opened Oct 13, 2023
ElevationRequirement not working on Portable App Open

Issue-Bug Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3756 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 11, 2023
Winget updated my Mozilla Firefox and instead of downloading the pt-BR version, it downloaded the en-US Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3755 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 11, 2023
Commands referencing packages that share an Id often throw the error message "No installed package found matching input criteria" Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3750 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 10, 2023
Missing winget and GPO/Intune Policy interrelations Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3745 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 10, 2023
`winget` hangs prompting for approval of source agreement terms in PowerShell 7.4.0-preview.6 Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3742 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 9, 2023
No Winget.exe in Version 1.21.2771.0 Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3741 · 8 comments · Opened Oct 9, 2023
Visual C++ needs update every upgrade Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3737 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 6, 2023
Nonsensical version tracking and listing Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3735 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 6, 2023
Architecture-respecting program roots Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/winget-cli#3732 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 5, 2023
[New Bug/Feature]: Package Dependency Scope/Arch Mismatch Open

Issue-Bug Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3838 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 4, 2023
WinGet configuration fails on some msstore packages Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3728 · Opened Oct 3, 2023
Install MSStore application via configuration Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3705 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 29, 2023
Provide metadata for installed packages Open

Area-Matching Command-List Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#3702 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 29, 2023

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