Chocolatey: install and manage Windows software from the console with AI

Chocolatey is Windows' most complete package manager. From Cerewro you can install, update and uninstall any software with choco install, choco upgrade and choco uninstall, with a repository of over 9,000 packages.

Chocolatey: the Windows package manager

Chocolatey is the most complete package manager for Windows, with over 9,000 packages in its public repository. It lets you install, update and uninstall software from the command line, just like apt on Linux or brew on macOS.

Install Chocolatey

PowerShell (as Administrator)
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 3072
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Essential Chocolatey commands

ActionCommand
Install a packagechoco install git -y
Install multiple at oncechoco install git nodejs python vscode -y
Upgrade a packagechoco upgrade git -y
Upgrade all softwarechoco upgrade all -y
Uninstallchoco uninstall vlc -y
Search packageschoco search "visual studio"
List installedchoco list --local-only
Install full dev stack
choco install -y git vscode nodejs-lts python googlechrome 7zip docker-desktop postman
Export and restore package list
choco export "my-packages.config"
choco install "my-packages.config" -y