Both tools save you from hunting for installers on the web, and both are built on WinGet. Winstall.app is a website that puts together a command for your terminal. HubGet is a desktop app store that installs apps for you, keeps track of their updates and can uninstall them too.
Features
What each tool can do – HubGet as of the released version 0.1.10, with notes on what the upcoming version 0.1.11 adds.
| Feature |  HubGet |
Winstall.app |
|---|---|---|
| Type of tool | A desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 with a Windows 11-style window | A website that runs in your browser |
| What you need to install | Partly: HubGet – a 4.3 MB installer that doesn’t need admin rights | Yes: Nothing – just a browser and WinGet, which comes with Windows 10 and 11 |
| Package sources | Yes: WinGet, Chocolatey and Scoop in one catalog – more than 25,000 apps. An app from several sources has a single card | No: Only the official WinGet repository |
| Installing apps | Yes: One click right in the app – an operation queue and download progress in percent | Partly: Generates a command or a .bat / .ps1 script that you copy and run in a terminal |
| Updates and uninstalling | Yes: An overview of installed apps (including those outside WinGet, Microsoft Store apps and Steam games), “Update all” and uninstall | No: Out of scope – it’s for putting together an install command |
| Chocolatey and Scoop in the app | Partly: In the catalog and as a fallback source today. Install, update and uninstall arrive in version 0.1.11 | No: Not supported |
| Fallback install source | Yes: When WinGet reports a broken download link, HubGet automatically tries Chocolatey and then Scoop | No: Installs depend on WinGet alone |
| App pages | Yes: A banner in the icon’s colors, a screenshot gallery (for ~2,500 apps), SHA-256, dependencies and terminal commands | Partly: An app page with a description, links and the install command |
| Collections and bundles | Yes: Package bundles with import and export (.ubundle, PowerShell script, WinGet export) | Yes: Collections (“packs”) shared via a link, plus script export |
| Running in the background | Yes: A tray icon – installs finish even after you close the window | No: Installs run in a terminal you start yourself |
| Use outside Windows | No: Windows 10 and 11 only | Yes: Prepare the list and command in any browser, even on another device |
| Price and license | Yes: Free, open source (MIT), no ads | Yes: Free, open source (GPL-3.0) |
Supported Partly or with a caveat Not supported Information
Which one to choose
HubGet is a good fit if you…
Winstall.app is a good fit if you…
Questions and answers
Yes, if you want to manage apps right in Windows. Winstall.app helps you pick apps and put together a command that you then run in a terminal. HubGet installs the apps itself, shows their progress, keeps track of updates and can uninstall them too – and besides WinGet, its catalog also covers Chocolatey and Scoop.
Yes. Both tools are built on the same WinGet repository, so the apps from your collections are in the HubGet catalog too. Just search for them and save them to your own package bundle – then install it all at once or export it as a PowerShell script.
Partly. Apps from Chocolatey and Scoop are in the catalog and in search, and since version 0.1.10 they serve as a fallback source when WinGet has a broken download link. Full install, update and uninstall from both managers right in the app arrives in version 0.1.11, which is in development.
Yes. HubGet is open source under the MIT license, free and without ads. Winstall.app is free too, and its source code is published under the GPL-3.0 license.
Free, open source and ad-free. The installer is 4.3 MB and doesn’t need admin rights.
Information about Winstall.app is based on its public GitHub repository and the winstall.app website (as of October 25, 2026). Winstall.app is a Splashtop project; HubGet is not affiliated with it or with Splashtop. Names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.
