Windows Package Manager (winget)
Shares rank 33 of 35 package managers by recommenders
Command-line package manager for Windows; people say it would have prevented the recent 7-Zip and Notepad++ installer attacks.
Command-line package manager for Windows; people say it would have prevented the recent 7-Zip and Notepad++ installer attacks.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Good enough among package managers
“Or use choco, winget or whatever.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “7zip.com Is Serving Malware” “Perhaps winget is enough?”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “I Fixed Windows Native Development”
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All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“works just fine (Community Repository)”
“Perhaps winget is enough?”
“It would have prevented both this 7zip attach and the recent notepad++ one.”
“Or use choco, winget or whatever.”
“This is where package managers shine.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.