PapancaOct 1, 2023

Is there something like F-droid, but for windows software?

https://lemmy.world/post/6085881

Is there something like F-droid, but for windows software? - Lemmy.world

I find it quite hard to find open source software for windows. In time i might switch to linux, but for now i am stuck with windows 10. Is there some reliable place where you can search for open source software? Or is it that devs usually just don’t bother with windows?

Show threadbearded_zero
You may want to check out Chocolatey, chocolatey.org it’s a package manager for windows. Install chocolatey gui to geat an easy way to work with it. It works fine via powershell, you just need to learn the commands. They have tons of info on there sight. Good luck and enjoy
Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows

Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software deployments.

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Show threadAtemuOct 1, 2023

Note that while chocolatey is a package manager in some sense, unlike “proper” package managers, it relies on the individual apps’ Windows installers to execute the actual installation functions.

It also contains tonnes of unfree software; it’s just a repository for installers afterall.

Show threadKushanOct 1, 2023

This is a good response and worthy of being the top answer, however I feel the need to point out that it isn’t actually what OP is asking for.

F-Droid specifically only hosts open source software, in fact it builds that software itself, it is t just another store or package repository.

Chocolatey does not build the applications it deploys and in fact contains plenty of closed source, proprietary and paid for software. It’s a fantastic tool and I use it a lot myself, but I wanted to be explicit that it’s not analogous to F-Droid at all.