I was fed up with having to keep things like npm, NodeJS and git up to date manually; so I created a little script that keeps things up to date automatically (configurable on a per-app basis) via WinGet.
I know there are already things out there… but they looked like a pain to install, and this is simple enough that I actually understand what it’s doing XD
Winget can handle apps installed via other sources, including things like all the
Visual C++ Redistributablepackages and stuff I had previously installed using an installer.It may not seem like much, but it’s a massive advantage for managing multiple computers in my family.
I mean, chocolatey can do that, too. https://boxstarter.org/ can even provision new computers.
If winget works for you that’s awesome, I just don’t get how it’s better than chocolatey for this task.