WinGet packages (winget)

The winget manager installs and upgrades Windows packages with the Windows Package Manager, winget.

[bootstrap.packages]
"winget:BurntSushi.ripgrep.MSVC" = "latest"
"winget:Microsoft.PowerToys" = "0.101.0"

mise bootstrap packages apply --manager winget --dry-run
mise bootstrap packages apply --manager winget

Prerequisites

The manager is available on Windows when winget.exe is on PATH. On other machines, winget: entries show as skipped, so one config can hold packages for several platforms.

Installs and upgrades run silently with interaction disabled, and mise accepts the package and source agreements that WinGet presents. An installer may still ask for elevation through a UAC prompt. mise does not bypass UAC or elevate WinGet itself, and it reports WinGet failures unchanged.

mise bootstrap remote needs a POSIX shell on the target and cannot drive a native Windows host, so run mise bootstrap on the Windows machine itself. For Scoop apps, use the scoop manager. Chocolatey is not supported.

Package names

Use the package ID that winget search shows, not its display name. mise passes the ID with --id and --exact, so it never accepts a fuzzy match. WinGet IDs are case-insensitive; spell each ID the same way everywhere to avoid conflicting declarations.

Version pins

mise passes a pin to WinGet as --version for both apply and upgrade. It must match WinGet's version string exactly. Run winget show --id Microsoft.PowerToys --versions to list the available versions. A "latest" entry is satisfied by any installed version; use upgrade to move it to the newest.

What mise runs

Operation	Command
Check installed state	winget list --id <id> --exact
Install	winget install --id <id> --exact [--version <pin>] --silent ...
apply --update	winget source update first
Upgrade	winget source update, then winget upgrade --id <id> --exact ...

mise runs WinGet once per package.

Remove packages

mise does not support state = "absent", import, or prune for WinGet packages. Deleting an entry leaves the package installed; run winget uninstall yourself.