A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft shared a preview version of Windows Package Manager, better known as Winget. In simple terms, Winget is the Windows 10 equivalent to Linux's apt, and its repository already contains more than 300 applications. While it will be a while before Winget leaves its preview stage, developer Mehedi Hassan has created the Winstall portal, which acts as a graphical interface for the Winget repository and, alongside its mini-store role, also helps you create installation scripts.
The so-called "manual route" when installing Windows applications gives you more control over where they come from (downloading installers from the official site is supposedly the safest), but it's a tedious and inconvenient option for most users. At the same time, many of those applications don't have integrated update systems, so if you want a new version of a program, you have to download its installer again.
The "official stores" present themselves as a possible solution, however, it all depends on their implementation. For example, we know that the Windows Store leaves much to be desired, and the changes made by Microsoft were never entirely satisfactory. But its developers are taking inspiration from Linux lately, which brings us to the launch of Winget. In essence, Winget works like Apt, and anyone with prior experience will master it in minutes. The alternative is Winstall.
Winstall: A Graphical Frontend for Winget
Winstall is an independent project by developer Mehedi Hassan, focused on providing a mechanism to automate the installation of apps with Winget, while serving as a "mini-store" for its official repository, which reaches 323 applications at this moment. The idea is to click on the name of each app, and once our selection is established, we click again on "Generate Script".
The rest is just a matter of copying the script to a system console or PowerShell (Winget works in both environments), downloading the .bat file, or the .ps1 version, so you won't have to repeat the process on other computers—copy the file, double-click, and that's it.
Of course, none of this will work without the prior installation of Winget, available on its GitHub profile, and we must also remember its limitations, among which stands out the impossibility of uninstalling software. Even so, Winstall fulfills what it promises, and is shaping up to be a good complement.
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