Winget Update Manager

Winget Update Manager is a Windows desktop app for scanning, updating, installing, and managing packages from winget and global npm.

What It Does

• Scans for available winget and global npm updates
• Lets you update selected packages, all packages, or saved update groups
• Shows installed apps and exports a reinstall script
• Includes a Discover page for searching the winget repository and installing packages
• Tracks update history, rollback candidates, health score, and dashboard activity
• Supports optional Windows startup, system tray usage, admin elevation, and native toast notifications

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• winget installed and available in PATH
• Optional: npm in PATH if you want global npm package support
• Optional: winotify if you want native Windows toast notifications when running from Python

Run It

Option 1: Use the packaged app

Launch:

dist\WingetUpdateManager.exe

Option 2: Run from source

From this folder:

python winget_update_manager.py

Basic Workflow

1. Open the app.
2. Go to Updates.
3. Click Check Updates.
4. Choose one of:
   • Update Selected
   • Update Group
   • Update All
5. Watch the progress bar and live console output.

Pages

Dashboard

• Shows installed count, pending updates, last scan, total successful updates
• Shows cache freshness, health score, update activity bar chart, and success/fail/skip chart

Updates

• Scan for pending updates
• Filter by search text or saved update group
• Update selected packages, a whole group, or everything
• Right-click a package for quick actions like exclude, quiet mode, changelog, or copy package ID

Installed Apps

• Load installed winget and global npm packages
• Browse package details
• Export the installed list as JSON
• Export a reinstall script as .ps1 or .bat
• Right-click eligible winget packages to roll back to the previous recorded version

Discover

• Search the winget repository
• Install packages directly from search results
• Open package details before installing

History

• Review successful, failed, and skipped actions
• Export history as CSV or JSON
• Use rollback and changelog actions for eligible winget packages

Settings

• Switch theme
• Enable auto-check on launch
• Set cache freshness window
• Enable silent updates
• Configure parallel update workers
• Create and edit update groups
• Configure startup launch and admin elevation
• Manage quiet-mode packages and exclusions

Update Groups

Use Settings > Update Groups to create named groups such as:

• Browsers
• Dev Tools
• Daily Drivers

After saving a group, go back to Updates, pick it from Group Filter, and click Update Group.

Rollback

Rollback is available for winget packages only.

The app records successful installed versions in history. If a package has a previous recorded version, you can right-click it in Installed Apps or History and choose Rollback to Previous Version.

Changelog Viewer

Changelog viewing is available for winget packages when the package metadata exposes release notes.

• GitHub release notes open inside the app
• Other release-note URLs open in the browser

Notifications

• In-app notifications appear in the bell menu in the page header
• Native Windows toasts are used when supported
• Otherwise the app falls back to tray or in-app notifications

Startup Modes

The app supports:

• Normal launch
• --scan-only for scheduled background scans
• --minimized for startup-at-login launches

Examples:

python winget_update_manager.py --scan-only
python winget_update_manager.py --minimized

Build The EXE

If you want to rebuild the packaged app:

pyinstaller --noconfirm WingetUpdateManager.spec

The output will be written to:

dist\WingetUpdateManager.exe