UniGetUI is a mature and popular package manager with a graphical interface – and in many ways it’s ahead of HubGet today. HubGet takes a different path: instead of a package list, it’s an app store where you discover, compare and install apps like in the App Store.
Features
HubGet as of the released version 0.1.10, with notes on what the upcoming version 0.1.11 adds. Where UniGetUI is ahead, we say so.
| Feature |  HubGet |
UniGetUI |
|---|---|---|
| Type of tool | A desktop app store for Windows 10 and 11 | A desktop app for managing packages |
| Package managers | Yes: WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop and, since version 0.1.13, developer managers too: npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, vcpkg, .NET Tool, PowerShell 7 and 5 | Yes: WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, PowerShell 5 and 7, npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, .NET Tool and vcpkg |
| App discovery | Yes: A Today home page with App of the Day, collections by focus, charts and categories | Partly: Package search across managers with detailed information |
| One app, one card | Yes: An app from several managers has a single card with every source – you choose where to install from | Works with each manager’s packages |
| App pages | Yes: A banner in the icon’s colors, a screenshot gallery, SHA-256, dependencies and terminal commands | Yes: Detailed package information, including screenshots from a community database |
| Install, update, uninstall | Yes: Right in the app, in bulk too – for every supported manager | Yes: For every supported manager, in bulk too |
| Automatic updates | Yes: Scheduled checks and installs (at an interval, daily or on selected days at a set time), notifications, a minimum age for updates, a warning when the installer host changes and exceptions for battery, battery saver and metered connections | Yes: Automatic updates, notifications and scheduled checks |
| For regular users | Yes: Regular user mode shows desktop apps only; Developer mode adds libraries and tools | One interface for every kind of package |
| Running in the background | Yes: A tray icon – installs finish even after you close the window | Yes: A tray icon showing available updates |
| Backup and transfer | Yes: Package bundles with import and export (.ubundle, PowerShell script, WinGet export) | Yes: Export and import of package lists, plus backups to a GitHub Gist |
| Platforms | Partly: Windows 10 and 11 | Yes: Windows, macOS and Linux |
| Price and license | Yes: Free, open source (MIT), no ads | Yes: Free, open source (MIT) |
Supported Partly or with a caveat Not supported Information
Which one to choose
HubGet is a good fit if you…
UniGetUI is a good fit if you…
Questions and answers
For regular Windows users, yes. UniGetUI is a powerful tool for managing packages from many managers. HubGet focuses on making app installs as pleasant as in the app store on your phone – with recommendations, collections, one card per app and a simple mode without developer tools.
UniGetUI runs on macOS and Linux too and can back up your package list to a GitHub Gist. Both now offer the same package managers and automatic updates – since version 0.1.13, HubGet manages npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, vcpkg, .NET Tool and PowerShell in addition to WinGet, Chocolatey and Scoop, and schedules updates at a set time, with a minimum age and battery exceptions.
Yes. Both tools work with the same package managers. Apps installed through UniGetUI show up in HubGet’s installed apps overview, and vice versa.
Yes. Both HubGet and UniGetUI are open source under the MIT license and free.
Free, open source and ad-free. The installer is 4.3 MB and doesn’t need admin rights.
Information about UniGetUI is based on its public GitHub repository (as of October 25, 2026). UniGetUI was created by Martí Climent and is now developed by Devolutions; HubGet is not affiliated with either. Screenshots in HubGet come from the UniGetUI project’s community database – thank you. Names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.
