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✨ Revised post description to clarify the tool's purpose and functionality 🔗 Added direct links to the live site for better accessibility 📁 Modified: _posts/2025-09-15-building-winget-search-a-fast-web-interface-for-winget-packages.md 💡 Enhances user experience by providing instant access to the web interface
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title: Building Winget Search - A fast web interface for Windows Package Manager
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How I built a GitHub Pages-hosted search interface for winget packages to solve my machine setup workflow
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Learn how I built a fast web-based winget search tool to quickly find Windows Package Manager packages and generate installation commands instantly
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When setting up a new Windows machine, I used to rely on [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) and [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) for package management. Both are excellent tools, but when Microsoft introduced [Windows Package Manager (winget)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/), I decided to give it a try on my latest machine setup.
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The problem? Finding winget package IDs was tedious. While `winget search` works, I wanted something faster - a web interface where I could quickly search, find packages, and copy installation commands. That's how [winget-search](https://github.com/solrevdev/winget-search) was born.
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The problem? Finding winget package IDs was tedious. While `winget search` works, I wanted something faster - a web interface where I could quickly search, find packages, and copy installation commands. That's how [winget-search](https://github.com/solrevdev/winget-search) was born, available at [https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/](https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/).
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## The Challenge
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- Updates automatically every day
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Perfect for when you need to quickly find that package ID for your setup scripts!
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Perfect for when you need to quickly find that package ID for your setup scripts! You can use it right now at [https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/](https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/).
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## Future Improvements
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- **Package details modal** - Show more metadata
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## Live Demo
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## Live Demo & Resources
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Check out the live site: [https://solrevdev.github.io/winget-search/](https://solrevdev.github.io/winget-search/)
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**Try the winget search tool now:** [https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/](https://solrevdev.com/winget-search/)
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The source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/solrevdev/winget-search) under the MIT license.
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