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Chocolatey - like yum or apt-get, but for Windows
You can just call me choco.

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- Build Status
- Chat Room
- Support Chocolatey!
- See Chocolatey In Action
- Etiquette Regarding Communication
- Information
  - Documentation
  - Requirements
  - License / Credits
- Submitting Issues
- Contributing
- Committers
  - Compiling / Building Source
    - Windows
    - Other Platforms
      - Prerequisites:
      - Before building:
      - Build Process:
  - Testing
  - Installing on Other Platforms:
- Credits



 Build Status

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 Chat Room

Come join in the conversation about Chocolatey in our Community Chat Room.



Please make sure you've read over and agree with the etiquette regarding communication.

 Support Chocolatey!

  Purchase Chocolatey Pro / Chocolatey for Business

 See Chocolatey In Action

Chocolatey FOSS install showing tab completion and refreshenv (a way to update environment variables without restarting your shell):

!install

Chocolatey Pro showing private CDN download cache and virus scan protection:

!install w/pro

 Etiquette Regarding Communication

If you are an open source user requesting support, please remember that most folks in the Chocolatey community are volunteers that have lives outside of open source and are not paid to ensure things work for you, so please be considerate of others' time when you are asking for things. Many of us have families that also need time as well and only have so much time to give on a daily basis. A little consideration and patience can go a long way. After all, you are using a pretty good tool without cost. It may not be perfect (yet), and we know that.

If you are using a commercial edition of Chocolatey, you have different terms! Please see support.

 Information

  Chocolatey Website and Community Package Repository
  Mailing List / Release Announcements Only Mailing List / Build Status Mailing List
  Twitter / Facebook / GitHub
  Blog / Newsletter
  Documentation / Support

 Documentation

Please see the docs

Give choco.exe --help a shot (or choco.exe -h). For specific commands, add the command and then the help switch e.g. choco.exe install --help.

 Requirements

 .NET Framework 4.8+
 PowerShell 2.0+
 Windows Server 2008 R2+ / Windows 10+
  - See our documentation on the support lifecycle and supported operating systems for additional information

 License / Credits

Apache 2.0 - see LICENSE and NOTICE files.

 Submitting Issues

!submitting issue