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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 Meta-Package Open

Issue-Feature Needs-Author-Feedback

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4975 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2024
msstore is unable to be added as a source Open

Area-External Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4966 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 13, 2024
PowerShell module doesn't cancel download & installation with Ctrl-C Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4961 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 11, 2024
Add a new package field named 'Unreliable/Winget-Unstable' for problematic packages Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4959 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 10, 2024
Allow winget download to accept -i Open

Command-Download Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4954 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 9, 2024
winget list shows uninstalled applications Open

Command-List Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4952 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 8, 2024
0x80072efe : unknown error during store package install Open

Command-Install Issue-Bug msstore

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4950 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 7, 2024
Improvements to make Repair a more complete bootstrapping solution Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4947 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 6, 2024
ADMX / GPO: Change SupportedOn info to use winget version Open

Area-GPO Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4946 · Opened Nov 6, 2024
COM API client FindPackages function fails in CreateInstance method when run under LOCAL SYSTEM Context. Unable to find WindowsPackageManagerServer.exe Open

Area-COM-API Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4944 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 5, 2024
`winget export` supports `--scope machine` Open

Command-Export Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4942 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 4, 2024
"Best match" logic isn't clear at Microsoft Learn. Open

Issue-Docs

microsoft/winget-cli#4935 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 1, 2024
configureSelfElevate fails in hyperv vm Open

Command-Configure Experimental Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4926 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 30, 2024
0x80070490 Element not found Open

Command-Upgrade Context-System Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4922 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 30, 2024
PowerShell upgrades from 7.4.5.0 MSI to 7.4.6.0 does not work Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4918 · 12 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 28, 2024
Package Microsoft.Git Id incorrectly shown as Git.Git with `winget list` command Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4917 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 28, 2024
Config file not working with latest Windows/Sandbox update Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug Windows-Sandbox

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4915 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 28, 2024
Winget config file appearing not to honor source? Open

Command-Configure Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4921 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 26, 2024
Move packages with "InstallerAbortsTerminal" to the end of the list for "upgrade --all" Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4908 · Opened Oct 25, 2024
Winget client crashing with error code -1073741819 Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4905 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2024
Integrate the WinGet client with SmartScreen Open

Issue-Feature

microsoft/winget-cli#4902 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 24, 2024
winget list running slow possible issue with "Opened SQLite Index with version" Open

Area-Performance Command-List Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4901 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 24, 2024
(GPO) Group Policy Object - Enable Experimentation Open

In-PR Issue-Feature

microsoft/winget-cli#4896 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 22, 2024
Winget can't update program with dependencies Open

Command-Upgrade Dependencies Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4880 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 14, 2024
Configuration does not ensure that required modules are present Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4878 · Opened Oct 14, 2024
Ability to sequence upgrades Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4877 · Opened Oct 13, 2024
fails to update sources Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4876 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 12, 2024
Cannot `uninstall` Open

Command-Uninstall Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4875 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 12, 2024
Group all Boolean fields in Installer Manifest Open

Area-Manifest Breaking-Change Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4872 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Portable Packages can Overlap Display Version Open

Issue-Bug Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4871 · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Add a rebuild cache Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4863 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 10, 2024
Find-WinGetPackage always results in $? being true Open

Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4861 · Opened Oct 10, 2024
Winget unable to install firefox when version number is specified Open

Command-Search Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4859 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 9, 2024
Uninstalling portable package fails with code 0x80070490 (Possibly due to not handling file path encoding correctly) Open

Issue-Bug Portable

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4853 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 4, 2024
Upgrade same package twice Open

Command-Upgrade Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4848 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 3, 2024
Microsoft.WindowsPackageManager.InProcCom NuGet package incorrectly listed as requiring .NETFramework Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4846 · Opened Oct 2, 2024
WINGET doesn't resume very big download file from github. Open

Area-Performance Issue-Bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/winget-cli#4843 · 8 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 1, 2024
When running Get-WinGetPackage in a Windows Service context returns error This cmdlet is not supported in Windows PowerShell. However, if not ran in Service context, runs perfectly. Why? Open

Area-External Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4838 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 29, 2024
add an option to list only packages with versions that cannot be determined Open

Command-List Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4836 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 29, 2024
Add "-Platform" to Export-WinGetPackage Open

Command-Download Issue-Feature PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4830 · Opened Sep 24, 2024
Winget detecting Steam app ShareX Open

Issue-Docs

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4826 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 20, 2024
Microsoft.WinGet.Client- Get-WinGetPackage : This cmdlet is not supported in Windows PowerShell in Systemcontext Open

Context-System Issue-Bug PowerShell

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4820 · 13 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2024
Uninstall needs the ability to specify `--architecture` Open

Area-Architecture Command-Uninstall Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4810 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 16, 2024
Fix software update when old MSI installer is missing (MSI exit code 1603) Open

Command-Install Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4809 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 15, 2024
Winget not found - problems with active directory accounts and using winget Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4804 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2024
Better Respect Package installation sources Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4803 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Winget doesnt run as system on fresh windows installs, even after running windows update and store updates Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4798 · 12 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2024
Group logs into folders Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4796 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 6, 2024
0x80070490 Winget source it's not working Open

Issue-Bug

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4794 · 23 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 5, 2024
Adding include-available option to winget export Open

Issue-Feature

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

microsoft/winget-cli#4793 · 12 comments · Opened Sep 5, 2024

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