Chocolatey

Chocolatey 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.

Chocolatey
Original author(s)Chocolatey Software, Inc.
Developer(s)Chocolatey Software, Inc.
Initial release23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)
Stable release
2.2.2 / 8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)
Preview release
2.1.0-alpha-20230614 / 14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)
Repositorygithub.com/chocolatey/choco
Written inC#
Operating systemWindows 7 / Windows Server 2008R2 and later
TypePackage management system
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitechocolatey.org

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

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