winget
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Feb 1, 2026first mention
Aug 12, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“packaging for Windows via winget was actually much simpler”
Linux user for ~30 years, packages C++, C and Python appson “I hate packaging my software for Linux”
“I recommend removing notepad++ and installing via winget which installs the EXE directly without the winGUP updater service.”
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“I use a package manager that checks the hash of the downloaded installer against what's recorded in the package listing for that version. WinGet has been built in to Windows”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
Also written as WinGet. Data: winget.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 3
“packaging for Windows via winget was actually much simpler”
“I recommend removing notepad++ and installing via winget which installs the EXE directly without the winGUP updater service.”
“I use a package manager that checks the hash of the downloaded installer against what's recorded in the package listing for that version. WinGet has been built in to Windows”