# microsoft/winget-pkgs

The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/winget-pkgs
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:06:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2605, "days_push": 7, "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 11019, forks 9022 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:45.880135+00:00)

## What it is
The community manifest repository powering the default source of the Microsoft Windows Package Manager (winget). It contains YAML manifest files describing thousands of Windows applications and their installers, maintained through community pull requests with automated validation pipelines.

## Use cases
- install windows applications from the command line
- submit a new app to the winget package repository
- request a new version of a package in winget
- find the installer manifest for a windows program
- automate software installation on windows machines

## When to choose
- you want to publish or update a Windows application in the winget default source
- you need manifest data for Windows software distribution
- you want to request that an app be added to winget

## When to avoid
- you need a package manager for Linux or macOS
- you want script-based or font installer support, which is not accepted from the community
- you need the winget client itself rather than the manifest data

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: winget, package-manifests, community-repository, windows-package-manager, software-distribution, automation, command-line

## Member repositories
- microsoft/winget-pkgs (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:45.880135+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 2026-08-29T17:17:12.991114+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:45.880135+00:00, sha a36113610429)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.