Chocolatey | |
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Screenshot ![]() Chocolatey running in the Windows Terminal | |
Original author(s) | Chocolatey Software, Inc. |
Developer(s) | Chocolatey Software, Inc. |
Initial release | 23 March 2011 |
Stable release | |
Preview release | |
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 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]
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]