Package Managers on Windows
Chocolatey, Scoop, and Winget
Chocolatey
The oldest
Scoop
Takes inspiration from Homebrew.
- Installs to
~/scoop/
by default- don’t require admin right
- don’t pollute path
- Use git for app repository
Winget
- Just download and run the installer
- All of the things related to installation - like installing to the default location, creating registry keys, adding binaries and shortcuts etc. is done by the installer itself