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Where should you search for winget packages?
Five ways to find a Windows Package Manager app, side by side: Wingetly, winstall.app, winget.run, winget-search, and the winget CLI itself. All of them read the same public repository, microsoft/winget-pkgs. They differ in freshness, filters, and what they show you once you have found the app.
Yes, we run Wingetly. Every cell below comes from each site's own pages or documentation as reviewed on 28 August 2026, and we say where the others are stronger. Tell us if a row is out of date.
| Feature | Wingetly Pckgr Pty Ltd | winstall.app Splashtop Inc. | winget.run Feinwaru Software | winget-search solrevdev (open source) | winget CLI Microsoft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packages indexed | 14,821 (live) | 14,300+ (stated on site) | 4,315 (stated on site) | 30,000+ (stated in README) | Whole repository |
| Catalog refresh | Hourly on weekdays, every 6 hours on weekends | Every 15 minutes on weekdays (third-party report) | Not stated | Daily (GitHub Actions) | Live from the source |
| Search filters (publisher, tag, installer type, architecture) | Yes, plus publisher:, tags:, desc: query prefixes | Not documented | Not documented | Text search across id, name, description, publisher, tags | --id, --name, --tag, --moniker |
| Per-app page with copy-paste install command | Yes, with the exact package id | Yes | Yes | Single-page results list | winget show <id> |
| Silent install flags per app | Yes, a dedicated silent-install page for every app | Not documented | Not documented | No (listed as future work) | Manual: --silent plus agreement flags |
| Install several apps at once | Yes: one-line command, .ps1 download, shareable link | Yes: shareable collections and generated scripts | Yes: multi-select with batch script | No | winget import with a JSON file |
| Known vulnerabilities (CVEs) per app | Yes: NVD-mapped, refreshed every 6 hours | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | No |
| New and updated packages feed | Yes: weekly changelog with archive | Not documented | Yes: recently updated list | No | No |
| Browse by publisher, tag, installer type | Yes | Not documented | Not documented | No | No |
| Community contributor leaderboard | Yes | Not documented | Not documented | No | No |
| Machine-readable access | OpenSearch for the address bar, llms.txt; no public REST API | Not documented (source on GitHub) | Yes: documented REST API | Yes: packages.json and llms.txt | CLI output, winget export |
| Open source | No | Yes | Yes (GitHub) | Yes (MIT) | Yes (microsoft/winget-cli) |
| Cost | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
"Not documented" means the feature is not mentioned on that site or in its public docs as of 28 August 2026; it is not a claim that the feature is missing. Package counts are each site's own published figure and are counted differently, so treat them as approximate.
Where each one is stronger
Wingetly
The only site in this comparison that pairs the catalog with known CVEs, a silent-install page per app, and a pack builder that outputs a one-line command or a .ps1. Built for admins deploying through Intune, Configuration Manager, or PowerShell.
winstall.app
Reported to refresh fastest (every 15 minutes on weekdays), fully open source, and backed by Splashtop. A good pick if you want a polished collection builder and do not need security or silent-install data.
winget.run
The longest-running of the web front-ends and the only one with a documented public REST API. Its stated package count is well below the others, so check that the app you need is there.
winget-search
A single static page, MIT-licensed, with instant client-side search and a published packages.json plus llms.txt. Ideal if you want something you can self-host or query from a script.
winget CLI
Always authoritative and always current, because it reads Microsoft's own source index. Discovery is weak (substring matching, no browsing), which is the gap every site above exists to fill.
Which one should you use?
If you just need a package id for a one-off install, any of these will get you there in seconds. Pick the interface you like.
If you manage Windows devices for a living, the question is what happens after the search. Wingetly is the only site here that tells you whether the app you are about to deploy ships with a known CVE, gives you the exact silent-install flags for it, and turns a list of apps into a pack you can hand to a fleet as one command or a .ps1. That is the job it was built for, by a team that packages apps for Intune all day.
If you want an API, use winget.run. If you want to self-host or script against a static JSON index, use winget-search. If you want the fastest possible refresh and an open-source codebase, winstall.app is a strong choice.