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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

List of known requested file formats to Winget-cli. Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6037 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 7, 2026
Add support for .msu files as InstallerUrl-s in manifests. Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6036 · Opened Feb 7, 2026
Add support for .cab files as InstallerUrl-s in manifests. Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6035 · Opened Feb 7, 2026
Make a TUI for WinGet Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6034 · 3 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Feb 7, 2026
Fast Cache data not found Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6032 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 6, 2026
Package Names not evaluated for normalized match Open

Command-Uninstall Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6031 · Opened Feb 6, 2026
Default source certificate updates shouldn't require an update to the WinGet Client Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6030 · Opened Feb 5, 2026
For manifests with multiple non-portable InstallerUrl-s across multiple InstallerType-s but the same arch: If InstallerUrl 1 fails, fall back to InstallerUrl 2 Open

Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/winget-cli#6028 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 4, 2026
The PowerShell module `Microsoft.WinGet.Client:1.12.440` cannot be installed in Windows PowerShell Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6017 · Opened Feb 2, 2026
[New Feature]: Automatically repair Microsoft.Winget.Source component if it is broken on a user's PC Open

Command-Source Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6015 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 30, 2026
Add a British English translation for Winget CLI. Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#6002 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 25, 2026
PowerShell module not working in system context Open

Issue-Bug Needs-Repro PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5991 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 20, 2026
Strangely phrased error when having set 0 as an InstallerSuccessCodes value. Open

Command-Validate Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5988 · Opened Jan 17, 2026
Add Windows Option Features as WinGet Source Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5986 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jan 16, 2026
How to install Winget on Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2? Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5977 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 14, 2026
Winget download {package id} --locale en-US does not work. Open

Command-Download Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5973 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 13, 2026
winget upgrade fails for "aka.ms" sites reachability problems Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5965 · 14 comments · Opened Jan 9, 2026
packageManager.CreateCompositePackageCatalog(createOptions).Connect() returns CatalogError as status unless Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.InProcCom >= 1.11.510 Open

Area-COM-API Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5954 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 5, 2026
Use %-type filepath shortcuts when creating PATH aliases to reduce the PATH character count. Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5951 · 1 comment · 11 reactions · Opened Dec 31, 2025
Trying to understand how winget export works with additional dsc ressources. Open

Command-Configure Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5948 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 27, 2025
Failed to try handling the package from the msstore source and provided by 腾讯应用宝. Open

Area-External Command-Download Command-Show Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5941 · Opened Dec 20, 2025
Visual Hints for package management and configuration management Open

Area-Output Issue-Feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

microsoft/winget-cli#5940 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Dec 19, 2025
Winget reports "Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime 10.0.1 (x64)" as update available for "Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.5" Open

Area-Matching Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5922 · Opened Dec 12, 2025
Modify targeting (explicit / nonexplicit) for source [PowerShell] Open

Command-Source Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5916 · Opened Dec 10, 2025
Modify targeting (explicit / nonexplicit) for source [COM API] Open

Area-COM-API Command-Source Issue-Feature

microsoft/winget-cli#5915 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 10, 2025
Enhanced source management Open

Command-Source Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5914 · Opened Dec 10, 2025
`winget import` doesn't install all packages Open

Command-Import Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5911 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 9, 2025
Install-WinGetPackage downloads installer even when package is up-to-date Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5909 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 5, 2025
winget install --id git.git --scope machine installs in C:\Users Open

Area-External Command-Install Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5907 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 3, 2025
`winget configure` creates invalid documents, and fails to accept valid documents Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5906 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 2, 2025
Update .config files for VS2026 Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5905 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 2, 2025
the language changed when firefox updated Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5903 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2025
winget doesn't go from highest to lowest dependency version to resolve installer Open

Dependencies Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5902 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 1, 2025
Allow multiple search terms in "winget search" where matches would've had to match all terms. Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5893 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 22, 2025
Add a timeout for broken IPv6 connections to Microsoft's cloud Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5892 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 21, 2025
winget dsc export --all does not include user settings Open

DSC-Resource Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5880 · Opened Nov 14, 2025
Confusing winget upgrade/list summaries for pinned, explicit-target, and --include-unknown packages Open

Area-User-Interface Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5879 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 14, 2025
`winget list --upgrade-available --include-unknown` shows pinned package as available when it should not Open

Command-List Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5878 · 8 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2025
winget upgrade doest show new items Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5876 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 13, 2025
Add support for rename parameter for updating/upgrading packages Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5874 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 13, 2025
Include ARP for uncorrelated apps in `winget export` Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5872 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 12, 2025
Add ability to search/filter or group by publisher Open

Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5857 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 4, 2025
winget upgrade should be able to force close programs and apply the upgrade Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5856 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 3, 2025
Show whether a package is already installed in winget search Open

Area-User-Interface Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5855 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 2, 2025
Add option to show install technology in winget search Open

Area-User-Interface Issue-Feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/winget-cli#5854 · 9 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 2, 2025
Portable apps should default to UpgradeBehavior: uninstallPrevious Open

Issue-Feature Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5851 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 31, 2025
`download` from the Store does not filter dependencies by platform Open

Area-External Command-Download Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5849 · Opened Oct 30, 2025
Augmented cache control for PreIndexed sources. Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5841 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 29, 2025
Add argument to "--include-dependencies" Open

Area-User-Interface Dependencies Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5840 · Opened Oct 29, 2025
Winget Fails to Honor Custom Installation Path After Uninstall and Reinstall Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug Possible-Duplicate

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

microsoft/winget-cli#5839 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 29, 2025

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