Chocolatey
| Chocolatey | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Original author(s) | Chocolatey Software, Inc. |
| Developer(s) | Chocolatey Software, Inc. |
| Initial release | 23 March 2011 |
| Stable release | 2.5.0[1] 
/ 9 July 2025 |
| Preview release | 2.3.0-beta-20240528[2]
/ 29 May 2024 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C#,[3][4] XML,[3] shell script,[3] Ruby[3] |
| Operating system | Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008R2 and later |
| Type | Package management system |
| License | Apache License 2.0[5] |
| Website | chocolatey |
Chocolatey[6] is a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the NuGet packaging infrastructure and Windows PowerShell to simplify the process of downloading and installing software.[7]
The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat".[8]
The choco command is used to start the Chocolatey command-line package manager.[9][10][11]
Compatible package manager
In April 2014, Microsoft debuted OneGet (renamed PackageManagement on March 20, 2015) alongside PowerShell 5. It is a free and open-source package-provider manager, which provides a way to integrate other package managers into PowerShell. OneGet was pre-configured to browse the Chocolatey repository.[12][13]
See also
References
- ^ "Release 2.5.0". 9 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Release 2.3.0-beta-20240528". GitHub. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "The Chocolatey Choco Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". Open Hub. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ . 6 July 2025 https://github.com/EvanLi/Github-Ranking/blob/master/Data/github-ranking-2025-07-06.csv.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Chocolatey license". Chocolatey.org. 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Chocolatey Gallery". Chocolatey.org. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Hanselman, Scott, "Is the Windows user ready for apt-get?", Hanselman, Scott, 28 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Where Chocolatey Comes From", GitHub.com, 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Doguhan Uluca. "Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications". 2018. p. 8
- ^ Piotr Tylenda. "Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows". 2020. p. 188.
- ^ Gineesh Madapparambath; Russ McKendrick. "The Kubernetes Bible". 2024.
- ^ Snover, Jeffrey, "Windows Management Framework V5 Preview" Archived 2022-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, Microsoft TechNet Windows Server Blog, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Hoffman, Chris (3 August 2015). "How to Use PackageManagement (aka OneGet) on Windows 10". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
