Windows 11-style window and background mode
A custom title bar, a tray icon with a quick menu, and installs that finish even after you close the window.
What’s new
What’s new in HubGet
Every change since the first public version 0.1.0, newest first. Nineteen updates have shipped since its release on October 21.
- Current version
- 0.1.19
- Updates since 0.1.0
- 19
- Apps in the catalog
- 25,100+
- Package managers for real
- WinGet · Chocolatey · Scoop + 8 for developers
At a glance
The biggest changes since version 0.1.0
Bulk install, export and import
Several apps at once, moving your app list to a new PC, version pinning and cleanup after uninstall.
Install options and SHA-256 verification
Silent install, run as administrator, install for all users and a visible checksum verification.
App Store-style collections
A full-screen collection page with a description, the list of apps and a button to install them all at once.
Fallback install source
When WinGet has a broken download link, HubGet automatically tries Chocolatey or Scoop.
Chocolatey and Scoop for real
Install, update and uninstall right in HubGet, single-source mode and unibox:// links from the web.
Startup apps
Programs that start at sign-in from the registry, the Startup folder and Task Scheduler – enable, disable, remove and see their startup impact.
Clean uninstall
Advanced uninstall finds leftovers on disk and in the registry. With install monitoring it removes everything the installer created.
Updates and profiles your way
Ignored and postponed updates, and a profile export with settings as JSON or a readable HTML page.
Developer package managers for real
npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, vcpkg, .NET Tool and PowerShell – search, install, update and uninstall. Installs a missing Node.js, Python or Rust in one click.
Updates under control
Checks and installs at a set time and days, a minimum age for updates, battery and metered-connection exceptions, and saved options for updates too.
Ratings, reviews and community screenshots
Sign in with GitHub: stars and reviews under your name and current screenshots from users – downscaled, without metadata and after approval.
Sync between computers
Favorites, your package bundle and preferences on all your computers. Turn off any area and delete the data from your account at any time.
Smooth lists and working offline
Lists with thousands of apps scroll smoothly all the way to the end, and nothing freezes without internet – installed apps and settings keep working.
Store apps at startup
Turn off Teams, WhatsApp, iCloud and other Store apps at startup with one click – and they won’t turn it back on by themselves.
Faster startup
The catalog appears right away from the saved copy and the fresh one downloads in the background – startup doesn’t wait for the internet.
Seven languages
German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Chinese alongside Czech and English. The language follows your Windows.
A new name, HubGet, and calm updates
Unibox is now HubGet at hubget.eu. Automatic updates never get in your way – confirm anything that needs administrator rights with one dialog.
Changelog
Release by release
What’s new in each version, what we improved and what we fixed.
HubGet and calm updates
LatestNew
- A new name: HubGet – Unibox is now called HubGet, and its website lives at hubget.eu. The update moves your installation over by itself: settings, favorites, collections, sign-in and history stay, as do your shortcuts and taskbar pin.
- Waiting for your confirmation – automatic updates don’t run updates that need administrator rights in the background, so no unexpected UAC dialog pops up. You’ll find them in Updates available and confirm them all with a single Windows dialog.
- Platform filter – pick x64, ARM64 or x86 in search, categories and Top charts. Versions for other processors (such as Discord for ARM64 and x86) no longer flood the results.
- Install percentages – installs and updates show an estimated percentage based on how long each phase took before.
- A dot by the clock – an orange dot on the notification area icon when updates are available. Turn it off in Settings → General.
Improved
- Calm automatic updates – running apps wait until you close them. A failed update is retried next time, and after the third failure HubGet leaves it to you – no error pop-ups.
- Apps and PowerShell modules installed for all users update as administrator right away, without a failed first attempt.
- Scoop refreshes its buckets before checking for updates, so it sees new versions.
- A new option in Settings → General: force-close a running app before updating or uninstalling it, without asking.
- The welcome tour has a new step about notifications and updates.
- A lettered icon on the taskbar and by the clock.
Fixed
- Updating MSI apps installed for all users failed with error 0x8A150049.
- Updating a PowerShell module in Program Files (such as Microsoft.WinGet.Client) failed with “Administrator rights are required”.
- Some Steam games had no icon.
- The “All” count on Installed didn’t match the number of apps shown.
Seven languages and terminal commands
New
- Seven languages – German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Chinese (Simplified) join Czech and English. New users get the language of their Windows, or English otherwise. Switch it in the top bar or in Settings → Appearance.
- Terminal commands – an overview of commands for WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, vcpkg, .NET Tool and PowerShell: search and info, installing (a specific version too), updating and pinning, backup and maintenance. Each command comes with an explanation and a Copy button. Find them in Help, in Settings and on every app’s page.
- EA app games – HubGet recognizes EA app games in any library; they get their own filter among installed apps, the Games category and their own icon.
- Categories on cards – every app shows what it’s for (browser, graphics…), even if you don’t know it.
Improved
- Back to where you were – coming back from an app’s page keeps the scroll position and filters on Installed, Top charts and categories.
- Steam games show their real icon (up to 256 px) and a banner like other apps.
- A new logo with a thin “unibox” lettering on the box.
- Settings → General has an unobtrusive way to support HubGet’s development.
Fixed
- The search box text got cut off mid-word in a smaller window – it now ends with an ellipsis.
Faster startup and privacy in reviews
Improved
- Faster startup – HubGet shows the catalog right away from its saved copy and downloads the fresh one in the background. It used to wait for the whole catalog to download on every launch – up to 15 seconds on a slow connection.
- First names only in reviews – reviews and user screenshots show only the first name, or the GitHub username if the account has none. The full name is never shown publicly or stored.
- The welcome tour now introduces ratings and reviews – where to find them and how to add your own.
Fixed
- An app without ratings shows empty stars and a single prompt – a large dash used to stand in for the average and looked like a white rectangle.
Store apps and this week’s movers
New
- Store apps in Startup apps – Teams, WhatsApp, Terminal, iCloud and other Store apps with their name, publisher and icon. Turn them off with one click like in Task Manager, no admin rights needed, and the app can’t turn startup back on by itself. Only uninstalling the app removes it – it’s part of the app’s package.
- Top charts your way – sort by popularity, by user ratings or by This week’s movers: the apps whose downloads are growing fastest. Each app shows the figure it’s sorted by.
- Apps that update themselves – when an app (Discord, for example) reverts to its own server’s version after an update, HubGet marks it as “updates itself” and stops offering the update over and over. You can offer it again from the app detail.
Improved
- On a wide window, the app detail uses the space on the right too – the information isn’t so cramped and full screen doesn’t leave empty space.
- When an installer crashes (GeForce NOW, for example), HubGet says so clearly and offers another source – no pointless retry as administrator.
- The HubGet update dialog shows why an update failed, and the download has a longer time limit.
Fixed
- An app installed by two package managers (Git via WinGet and Scoop, for example) gets its own card for each under Installed – both used to show the first installation.
- A program icon from disk loads again after a temporary error – it used to stay blank for a whole day.
- Switching Trending / Popular on Home no longer jumps to the top of the page.
- Esc in a dialog closes only the topmost window, and keys (Enter, Ctrl+Enter, Ctrl+K) no longer act on the page under a dialog.
Smoother and more resilient
Improved
- Smooth lists, even with thousands of apps – categories, search, installed apps and favorites render only the cards you can see. Scrolling stays snappy all the way to the end of the list, and the “Show more” button is no longer needed.
- No connection, no freeze – installed apps, startup apps and settings work offline too, and a bar at the top says what waits for the connection (installs, updates, package manager search, ratings). Data reloads once the connection is back.
- Reading your sign-in and system details runs in the background, not on the window thread – the window doesn’t stall meanwhile.
Fixed
- An outdated or unknown link opens Home – previously the window stayed empty, without the title bar or sidebar.
Accounts, reviews and community screenshots
New
- Sign in with GitHub – an optional HubGet account. Sign-in happens in your browser, HubGet never sees your password and stores the session on your computer encrypted.
- Ratings and reviews – stars, a title and text under your account name. Edit or delete your own review, report inappropriate ones – a review is hidden after three reports.
- Screenshots from users – signed-in users can add current screenshots to an app by picking, dragging or pasting them from the clipboard (Ctrl+V). HubGet downscales them to WebP without metadata and everyone sees them once approved; an inappropriate screenshot can be reported.
- Sync between computers – favorites, the package bundle, appearance and language preferences and notification preferences. Turn off any area and delete the data from your account; custom install commands never go to the account.
- For developers: publishing to WinGet – the wizard in Publish reads the SHA-256, type and details from the installer URL, prepares the manifest and checks it with winget validate.
Improved
- A fresh catalog every day – the installed HubGet downloads the app catalog from GitHub, where it's generated daily. Offline, it uses the last downloaded copy.
- Only sharp icons – the catalog picks the sharpest icon for each app from all sources, now including the app's website. Small favicons that would look blurry on cards and in app details are replaced by an initials avatar. Icons no longer switch after loading (the high-resolution catalog icon takes priority, OneDrive for example), and Audacity, WinRAR and Windows Terminal have their current icons.
- Verified apps (with the check mark) come first in search results – “terminal” shows Windows Terminal first, not lesser-known tools that merely start with the word.
- Collection cards in Today take the color that prevails in their icons – a set of blue apps is blue.
- The installer shows the privacy policy and license before installing. App website favicons are no longer looked up through Google and DuckDuckGo services.
- Source code on GitHub – HubGet is public at github.com/matous96/unibox under the MIT license, and updates are downloaded from GitHub Releases.
Developer package managers for real and updates under control
New
- npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, vcpkg, .NET Tool, PowerShell 7 and 5.1 – search their registries directly, and install, update and uninstall libraries and tools in Developer mode. Available updates for global packages show up with all your other updates.
- Tools in one click – missing Node.js, Python, Rust, the .NET SDK or PowerShell 7? HubGet installs them via WinGet. For vcpkg it shows short instructions.
- A filter for developers too – click npm, pip, Cargo… in the sidebar to see the manager’s overview: installed packages, search in its registry only and popular tools.
- Scheduled updates – checks at an interval from 30 minutes to a week, or every day or on selected days at a set time. Automatic installs can have their own schedule, and a missed time is caught up with a delay, right after start, or skipped.
- Minimum age for updates – a new version is offered only after the set number of days since its release, globally or per package manager.
- Saved options for updates too – as administrator, interactive, architecture, folder, arguments and commands apply when updating. New: uninstall the previous version and custom arguments just for updates.
Improved
- Automatic update installs also wait while battery saver is on. HubGet reports postponed updates and tries to install them again in 15 minutes.
- An update that doesn’t apply after several attempts (the manager keeps offering it) stops being offered. You can offer it again on the app page.
- Welcome tour – on the first launch, HubGet walks you through the catalog, the source filter, advanced uninstall, startup apps and backups in five steps. Skip it any time and replay it in Settings → General.
- Available updates for Chocolatey too – in the update list, the counts, and bulk and automatic updates. The repository check runs in the background and doesn’t slow down the app list.
- A warning when the installer host changes – when the new version’s installer from WinGet is downloaded from a different place than the installed version’s, the update is marked orange, the app page shows both addresses and automatic updates skip it.
- In Settings → Notification preferences, turn off update notifications from selected package managers.
- The update list can have all updates checked by default.
- The Today section picks from hundreds of well-known apps across the catalog – daily tips, category picks and the app of the day no longer repeat after a few days. The app of the day is always verified and stays the same all day, and only apps with a sharp icon are shown. Browse more picks with the arrows on the other cards.
- More stable and smoother: an error on one page no longer takes down the whole window (just “Try again”), HubGet reports when a package manager fails instead of silently leaving it out, and lists scroll without stutter.
- Developer packages are checked only in Developer mode – Regular user mode stays fast and free of libraries.
- Switch to Developer mode with one button in Settings → Package managers.
- Searching from a link (such as a tag on an app page) fills in the search box at the top too.
A new installer in HubGet style
New
- A modern installer – welcome and finish screens with a high-resolution HubGet logo and the app’s colors, the logo in the header of the other screens too, and the Segoe UI font instead of the dated system one.
- What’s new in Settings – reopen the What’s new window any time, for example if you closed it by accident after an update. The history of every version is there too.
Improved
- The installer graphics stay sharp at any display scaling – 100%, 150% or 200%.
- The installer picks its language from Windows, with no language selection window up front.
- After the install, the finish screen appears right away; the Details button shows the full progress.
- The uninstaller uses the HubGet icon instead of the default NSIS one, and Windows Settings → Apps lists HubGet as the publisher.
Chocolatey and Scoop for real, single-source mode and background updates
New
- Chocolatey and Scoop for real – search, install, update and uninstall right in HubGet. A missing package manager is installed in one click using its official install script.
- Single-source mode – click WinGet, Chocolatey or Scoop in the sidebar and the whole catalog shows only apps from that source and installs only from it. A bar at the top shows the mode and clears it in one click.
- Smart fallback source – when an install fails (broken link, another install running, the package is missing from the source…), HubGet offers the same app from Chocolatey or Scoop. If that package manager is missing, it offers to install it first.
- unibox:// links – collections and apps from the web open right in HubGet with a pre-filled list to install. You always confirm the installation.
- Installed apps show an Installed via label in the package manager’s color (WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop) instead of the source picker. It persists across restarts.
- Automatic background update checks – hourly, daily or weekly, with a “Run this task now” button. Optionally installs all updates or only selected apps automatically, mindful of battery and metered connections.
- Notification center – a bell in the top bar with a history of events and errors, a count of new errors, copying error messages and clearing the history.
- Notification preferences – a master switch, a summary after a batch of operations, available updates, operation progress, failures and successes. When HubGet runs in the background, you get Windows notifications.
- A section for Administrator rights and other dangerous settings – admin rights for every operation or just once, no elevation, custom command-line arguments, pre- and post-install commands, custom package manager paths and importing them from bundles. All off by default.
- Updating a running app: HubGet finds its open windows and processes, offers to close them and retries the update.
- Choose a WinGet package variant – language or installer type (for example Firefox in more than 100 languages).
- A blue verified checkmark for apps from well-known publishers – on app pages and on cards.
- Custom accent color – ready-made palettes or any HEX code.
- A running app no longer blocks an install – HubGet ends a background process (such as OBS in the tray or a process stuck in memory) before an install, update or uninstall. It offers to close an open app in one click, and after an uninstall it ends processes still running from the app’s folder.
- Advanced uninstall (Settings, off by default) – after an uninstall it finds leftovers in Program Files, ProgramData, Start menu and desktop shortcuts and the Windows registry and offers to delete them, or deletes them automatically. Files go to the Recycle Bin; registry keys are backed up before they’re deleted.
- A What’s new in HubGet window – after an update it appears once with the news from every release you skipped. The full history is in the ⋯ menu → Release notes.
- A new Startup apps section – programs that start when you sign in to Windows, from the registry, the Startup folder and Task Scheduler, in one place. Enable or disable them (just like in Task Manager – the entry stays in the list) or remove them for good with a backup. HubGet reads the startup impact (high, medium, low) from Windows’ own measurement and flags programs that are missing from disk.
- Install monitoring (Settings, or right-click → Install with monitoring) – HubGet takes a disk and registry snapshot before and after an install and remembers what the installer created. After an uninstall it offers to remove all of it, even without advanced uninstall.
- Ignore updates for any app, or postpone them for a day, a week or a month – then they’re offered again. Ignored and postponed apps are left out of bulk and automatic updates too; review and undo them in Settings.
- Profile export to HTML – besides JSON, a readable page with the list of apps and commands for a manual install, which can be imported as well. The profile carries your update settings, and after an import you install the missing apps in one click.
Improved
- The catalog contains all 15,776 WinGet packages, including language versions and installer types – more than 25,100 apps in total. The counter in the top bar shows the exact number.
- More accurate matching of the same app across WinGet, Chocolatey and Scoop.
- GitHub star counts on the cards of more than 4,100 open-source apps, and the correct repository even for moved projects (such as OBS Studio).
- The interface uses the full width of the window – a large monitor gets more columns of cards.
- A more prominent tray icon with a colored status dot: blue while working, red on error, green when done.
- Snappier page switching – a short cross-fade instead of a slide.
- Faster response – WinGet search takes a tenth of a second instead of tens of seconds, and install progress no longer slows the window down.
- The app name on the app page can be selected and copied.
Fixed
- More reliable detection of installed apps, on any PC. HubGet checks that the app’s executable really exists on disk – registry leftovers after an uninstall (such as Ollama) no longer show as “Installed”. It also finds apps in the user profile (Discord in %LocalAppData%) and reads the Windows registry directly when the WinGet module is missing. The Open button appears only when the app’s executable exists.
- A long license or version on the app page no longer spills into the next column, and the verified checkmark sits right by the publisher’s name.
- Scoop installs Git by itself before adding a bucket (such as extras), and its errors are readable.
- A long error message in a notification no longer outgrows the window.
- The “Install all” button on collection cards fits even in a narrow window.
- The logo in the side panel lines up with the top bar, and the checkmark next to App of the Day sits right after the name.
Fallback install source
New
- When WinGet reports a broken download link (error 404), HubGet automatically tries to install the app via Chocolatey and then via Scoop. If every source fails, it clearly explains what to do next.
Fixed
- Large cards on the home page are clickable as a whole, not just their bottom strip.
App Store-style collections
New
- Clicking a collection card opens a full-screen collection page: name, description, an “Install all” button and the list of apps with Install and Open buttons. Close it with the cross, the Esc key or by clicking outside.
- The “Install all” button right on a collection card installs immediately, without opening the page.
Instant feedback and starting with Windows
New
- Start with Windows – a switch in Settings. HubGet starts hidden in the notification area.
Improved
- After an install or uninstall, the app’s state updates instantly, including the Open button – no need to open the app page or restart HubGet.
- Faster response across the app, search as you type and loading of the installed apps list.
Fixed
- Large app icons on home page cards are clickable.
WinGet by its proper name
Improved
- The correct WinGet name throughout the app.
- Microsoft Store apps are labeled “WinGet (Microsoft Store)”.
Banners in icon colors
Improved
- The banner color on the app page is based on the icon the app actually shows. The brand color is used only when the icon contains it.
- Banner labels are white wherever they’re easy to read – dark only on light colors.
A cleaner app page
Improved
- Install options on the app page are tucked behind an “Install options” link. Changed options appear in a short summary.
Install options and SHA-256 verification
New
- Right below the Install button: silent install, run as administrator and install for me or for all users.
- An indicator of the installer’s SHA-256 checksum verification next to “Safe install”.
Bulk install, export and cleanup after uninstall
New
- Bulk install – check several apps and install them all at once.
- Export and import of your app list – easy to move to a new PC.
- Skip an offered version or pin an app’s version – HubGet then stops offering that update.
- Cleanup after uninstall – HubGet finds folders an app left behind and offers to move them to the Recycle Bin.
- GitHub star counts on the pages of open-source apps.
- We’ve prepared app ratings (1–5 stars) with GitHub and Google sign-in, and automatic updates of HubGet itself. We’ll turn them on once the ratings server and update channel are live.
Better detection of installed apps
Fixed
- HubGet recognizes an installed Google Chrome and other apps installed as a different package variant.
- App icons no longer disappear because of overloaded servers.
Windows 11-style window, background mode and screenshots
New
- A window without the system frame, with a custom Windows 11-style title bar.
- Background mode in the tray – running installs finish after you close the window. Icon menu: Browse packages, Available updates, Installed, Show HubGet and Quit.
- An Open button launches an installed app straight from its card or page.
- Screenshots on app pages – a gallery with a full-screen viewer, from the UniGetUI and Chocolatey community databases.
- Download progress in percent.
- The banner color on the app page adapts to the app’s icon colors.
- A light and dark theme switch in the top bar.
- The HubGet installer in Czech, and every release with its own version number.
Improved
- Icons everywhere: from the installed program, from the publisher’s website, or as a colored icon with initials. Downloaded icons are cached.
- More accurate detection of installed apps using the Windows registry and files on disk. The Open button only appears when the app really exists.
- Cards have the same height, an aligned bottom bar and shortened descriptions.
- Pages load much faster.
- Links and command-line commands sit above the screenshots on the app page.
Fixed
- Updates no longer get stuck at 0 %, and uninstalling works reliably.
- Apps that aren’t on the PC no longer show up as installed (and vice versa).
First public preview
First releaseOne store for every app on Windows.
New
- A catalog of more than 25,000 apps from WinGet, Chocolatey and Scoop. An app available from several sources has a single card.
- A Today home page with App of the Day, categories with a package manager filter, a chart of the most downloaded apps, collections by focus and recently viewed apps.
- App pages with a banner, technical details, architectures and older versions. Every app comes with copy-ready command-line commands.
- WinGet for real: search, install, update, uninstall and installer download. An operation queue and, when permissions are missing, an automatic retry as administrator.
- An overview of installed apps, including programs outside WinGet, Microsoft Store apps and Steam games. An Update all button.
- Package bundles (.ubundle file and PowerShell script), favorites, quick actions on cards, operation history and logs.
- Regular user and Developer modes, Czech and English, light and dark theme.
Try the latest version
HubGet is free and open source. You’ll find older installers among all releases.