Windows Package Manager

A software management automation platform for Windows that serves as a comprehensive package manager, enabling organizations to install, update, configure, and manage software across thousands of machines through command-line tools and APIs. The open source edition provides access to over 7,500 community-maintained packages covering development tools, browsers, databases, runtime environments, and productivity applications. Packages are defined as PowerShell scripts called package scripts, which automate the download, silent installation, configuration, and verification of software using vendor installers, ZIP archives, or custom scripts. The business edition adds capabilities including a Package Builder that automatically generates packages from installer executables in seconds, a Package Internalizer that converts community packages to work entirely offline by downloading all remote resources, a Package Auditor providing real-time software inventory across endpoints, and a Central Management web dashboard for deploying and monitoring software across organizational units. Integration extends to configuration management tools including Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and SaltStack, as well as repository managers like ProGet, Nexus, and Artifactory for hosting internal package feeds. The platform supports PowerShell DSC, Boxstarter for environment bootstrapping, and Octopus Deploy for release management. Trusted by over 500 companies including major technology and engineering firms, the platform handles the complete software lifecycle from initial deployment through patching, upgrade, and removal, with support for scheduled maintenance windows, rollback on failure, and dependency resolution across package relationships.