One of the advantage of most Linux distributions has always been their central package management system, whether it be apt, RPM or something else (like Snap and Flatpak that are now increasingly popular). Not only can you download software with a single command, the package manager also takes care of updating everything. So wouldn’t it be nice to have something similar under Windows, too?
Luckily, this is possible. Back in 2020 Microsoft introduced the Windows Packet Manager aka winget, a command line tool for installing software. UniGetUI is a graphical user interface for winget as well as several other package managers. I’ve been using it for some time now and it is surprising to see how many updates happen all the time that you would otherwise miss, as not all software automatically checks for updates.
The other function that I’m using increasingly is the installation of software. This was especially useful when I had to set up a new laptop recently. If you do this the old way, you’ll have to find, download, and install many different packages. With UniGetUI, you can do this from a single GUI. It is even possible to create bundles of software and install them all at once, making it really quick to get a new system up and running.
I can’t recommend UniGetUI enough, I think it’s an essential piece of Windows software.
