# cschneegans/unattend-generator

.NET Core library to create highly customized autounattend.xml files

Repository: https://github.com/cschneegans/unattend-generator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/unattend-generator
Homepage: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows-install, autounattend, autounattend-xml, unattended-installation
Last push: 2026-08-08T03:12:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 66
- inputs: {"age_days": 926, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2267, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:32.763536+00:00)

## What it is
A .NET Core library that generates highly customized autounattend.xml answer files for unattended Windows 10/11 installations. It powers an online generator service for creating clean-install answer files used with USB drives or virtual machines.

## Use cases
- generate autounattend.xml for unattended Windows 11 install
- create Windows answer file for USB clean install
- automate Windows installation with local user account and language settings
- build custom unattend.xml programmatically in .NET
- prepare unattended Windows setup for virtual machines

## When to choose
- you need to script or automate creation of Windows unattended installation answer files
- you want a web-based generator with fine-grained control over language, region, and user settings
- you need clean-install answer files for USB or VM deployments

## When to avoid
- you want to upgrade an existing Windows installation rather than perform a clean install
- you need unattended installation for non-Windows operating systems
- you only need a one-off simple answer file and prefer editing XML by hand

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools, cli
- domain: windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: autounattend, unattended-installation, windows-10, windows-11, answer-file, xml-generation, dotnet, automation, web-server

## Member repositories
- cschneegans/unattend-generator (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.763536+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:42:11.219547+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cschneegans/unattend-generator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.763536+00:00, sha 3a95ef1024ae)
  - homepage: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:29.420560+00:00, sha ea0d6dce8054)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.