OpenWin

Discover Windows apps and generate safe winget install commands. Free, open-source, no tracking.

A free, open-source app catalog for Windows powered by winget.

• Website: fsamod.github.io/openwin
• Repository: github.com/fsamod/openwin
• Issue Tracker: github.com/fsamod/openwin/issues

OpenWin lets you discover Windows software, browse curated collections and categories, queue up multiple apps into a personal basket, and generate clean winget install commands to run on your own PC.

Demo

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Features

• Instant Search: Find applications by name, exact package ID, publisher, or tags.
• Curated Collections: Browse popular, trending, fresh arrivals, and updated tools via segmented collections.
• Categories: Explore apps grouped by browsers, development, media, utilities, security, and office tools.
• Package Details: Inspect version numbers, licenses, verified publishers, package IDs, and upstream manifest links.
• My Apps Basket: Select multiple applications and get a single batch of exact install commands.
• Shareable baskets: self-explanatory
• Install options: Pick output format (commands, PowerShell, winget configure), scope, silent flag, and version pinning.
• Safe Command Generation: Commands are generated as plain text using --exact package IDs. Nothing is installed automatically; you inspect and run the commands yourself in Command Prompt or Windows Terminal.

How It Works

OpenWin is a static web application that runs directly in your browser.

• Application metadata is indexed from Microsoft's community winget-pkgs repository.
• Descriptions, tags, and categories reflect community manifest data, which can occasionally have minor classification inaccuracies or missing descriptions.
• The web application never runs installation commands or scripts on your computer. You copy the generated commands and execute them on Windows 10 or 11 with Windows Package Manager installed.
• Always review generated commands before running them, and only install software you trust.

Run Locally

To run OpenWin on your computer:

git clone https://github.com/fsamod/openwin.git
cd openwin
npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173 in your browser.

Building for Production

To create an optimized production build:

npm run build

To preview the production build locally:

npm run preview

Catalog Updates

The package index is refreshed automatically every Sunday at 03:00 UTC via GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/update-catalog.yml). You can also trigger the workflow manually from the Actions tab on GitHub using workflow_dispatch.

To regenerate the catalog index locally:

npm run generate:catalog

Contributing

Contributions, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome:

1. Issues: Report bugs or suggest features using the GitHub issue tracker.
2. Pull Requests: Fork the repository, create a branch for your change, test your changes locally with npm run build, and open a pull request.

Support

OpenWin is free and built in my spare time. If it saved you a fresh-install headache, you can tip in crypto:

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Tips are voluntary and never unlock anything.

License

OpenWin is open-source software licensed under the MIT License. Package metadata comes from the upstream winget-pkgs repository.