How MSIX uses package identity, signing, deployment validation, and PICE to create a verifiable chain of trust.

RFC: One-Time Historical Version Prune in microsoft/winget-pkgs Summary Perform a one-time repository prune that removes old manifest versions per package, retaining only the 20 newest versions for...

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What is package identity? What is Package Full Name, Publisher Id and Package Family Name, and why do they exist?

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“Is ContosoParts.msix installed?” is a common – but misleading – question The term install is not a formal concept in MSIX. This may seem paradoxical for a deployment technology, but it makes perfect ...

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Devolutions has acquired UniGetUI to support its growth, strengthen security, and scale the popular open-source Windows package manager interface used by hundreds of thousands of users.

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This is the second release candidate build of Windows Package Manager v1.12. If you find any bugs or problems, please help us out by filing an issue. New in v1.12 MCP server available; run winget ...

Godot Launcher is now available on winget, streamlining installs and upgrades for Windows while we evaluate bringing it to the Microsoft Store.

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Description of the new feature / enhancement Create a group policy definition for Font Source so that IT pro adopters can be prepared for the new policy existing with WinGet. Proposed technical imp...

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The current guidance at https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/package-manager/configuration/create#file-naming-convention is going to be updated. We're going to recommend using the ".winget" file ext...

This is the first development build after the Windows Package Manager 1.9 build for Windows 10(1809+) and Windows 11. This build will be released to Windows Insider Dev builds and Windows Package M...

This release represents our first stable Windows Package Manager 1.9 build for Windows 10 (1809+), and Windows 11. This release includes the ability to enable experimental features unless blocked b...

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