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winget supports multiple sources and you can filter on them. One of the default sources is 'msstore' and includes the Microsoft Store and it shows all that junk
by WorldMaker 3y ago
winget supports multiple sources and you can filter on them. One of the default sources is 'msstore' and includes the Microsoft Store and it shows all that junk unscrupulous vendors have added. (Keep in mind it is all reportable if it is pretending to be an open source tool but not from an "owner" developer. `winget show package-id` used to include the Store reporting URL but doesn't currently seem to show it. Maybe it was abused?) The other source is 'winget' which is mostly powered by an open source repo [1] that you can file issues against and even try to make PRs.
So far the "winget" source seems relatively well curated. `winget show Package.Id` seems to me reliable at matching up official sites/GitHub releases for that source.
At times I'm tempted to `winget source remove msstore` because it is full of so much junk, but I still also appreciate being able to manage store installs with winget.
[1] https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs