Scoop
More info
- Creator
- Luke Sampson et al.
- Released
- Type
- Developer-focused Windows package manager
- License
- MIT (Unlicense on buckets)
- Website
- scoop.sh
Windows package manager for developers — doesn't require admin (installs in user home), focused on CLI tools (git, nodejs, ripgrep, fd).
Manifests are called "buckets" (main, extras, java, etc.) — JSON files on GitHub. scoop install ripgrep. Different from Chocolatey/winget: no registry modification, no shortcuts, all portable. Most popular among devs who run WSL + native CLI in parallel. Price: just CLI/dev tools, no big GUI apps. Competitors: winget (more general), Chocolatey (more admin installs).