Chocolatey
More info
- Creator
- Rob Reynolds
- Released
- Type
- Package manager for Windows
- License
- Apache 2.0 (community), proprietary (Pro/Business)
- Website
- chocolatey.org
Windows package manager — choco install firefox. Builds on NuGet + PowerShell. Third-party, older than Microsoft's official winget.
Created the Windows package ecosystem before Microsoft cared. The community repo has 10,000+ packages. Pricing: free tier works fine; Pro adds malware scanning + offline support. Despite losing market share to winget (Microsoft-backed, included in Windows 11), choco is deeply embedded in many corporate Windows deployments + Ansible/Chef recipes. Competitors: winget, scoop (more dev-focused), Microsoft Store (UWP/MSIX).