# Windows Package Manager (winget)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Windows Package Manager (winget) and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Command-line package manager for Windows; people say it would have prevented the recent 7-Zip and Notepad++ installer attacks.

## Why people recommend it

- Good enough among package managers (2 comments): "Or use choco, winget or whatever." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018550)) "Perhaps winget is enough?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023894))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Nix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nix.md): 378 recommend
- [Homebrew](https://hackerapproved.com/p/homebrew.md): 271 recommend
- [npm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/npm.md): 161 recommend
- [pnpm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pnpm.md): 124 recommend
- [Cargo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cargo.md): 123 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Windows Package Manager (winget)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/windows-package-manager/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).