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Chocolatey (software package manager) Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolatey_(software_package_manager)

For the food product, see Compound chocolate.
Chocolatey
Original author(s)Chocolatey Software, Inc.
Developer(s)Chocolatey Software, Inc.
Initial release23 March 2011; 14 years ago (2011-03-23)
Stable release
2.4.3[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 27 February 2025; 4 months ago (27 February 2025)
Preview release
2.3.0-beta-20240528[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 29 May 2024; 12 months ago (29 May 2024)
Repositorygithub.com/chocolatey/choco
Written inC#,[3] XML,[3] shell script,[3] Ruby[3] Edit this on Wikidata
Operating systemWindows 7 / Windows Server 2008R2 and later
TypePackage management system
LicenseApache License 2.0[4]
Websitechocolatey.org Edit this at Wikidata

Chocolatey[5] 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.[6]

The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat".[7]

The choco command is used to start the Chocolatey command-line package manager.[8][9][10]

Compatible package manager

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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.[11][12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Release 2.4.3". 27 February 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Release 2.3.0-beta-20240528". GitHub. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Chocolatey Choco Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page". Open Hub. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Chocolatey license". Chocolatey.org. 14 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Chocolatey Gallery". Chocolatey.org. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ Hanselman, Scott, "Is the Windows user ready for apt-get?", Hanselman, Scott, 28 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Where Chocolatey Comes From", GitHub.com, 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  8. ^ Doguhan Uluca. "Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications". 2018. p. 8
  9. ^ Piotr Tylenda. "Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows". 2020. p. 188.
  10. ^ Gineesh Madapparambath; Russ McKendrick. "The Kubernetes Bible". 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Hoffman, Chris (3 August 2015). "How to Use PackageManagement (aka OneGet) on Windows 10". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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