Chocolatey
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 28, 2025first mention
Aug 1, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“chocolatey which is nice”
“https://chocolatey.org”
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“The advantage of using a package manager like scoop or chocolatey”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Data: chocolatey.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Let's compare what some other supplementary package managers tell people to do:”
“chocolatey which is nice”
“Chocolatey installs the full Visual Studio”
It looks like using Chocolatey [1] saved me from this attack vector because maintainers hardcode SHA256 checksums (and choco doesn't use WinGuP at all). [1]: https://chocolatey.org/
“https://chocolatey.org”
“The advantage of using a package manager like scoop or chocolatey”