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Winget-AutoUpdate

Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU) is an open-source project maintained by GitHub user Romanitho that uses the Windows Package Manager (winget) to update installed applications automatically on a daily schedule. It is released free of charge under the MIT License.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source

  1. Winget-AutoUpdate is released under the MIT License, copyright 2022 Romanitho.[1]

  2. The project uses the winget tool to update applications daily in system context and notifies users when updates are available and installed.[2]

  3. WAU is distributed as an MSI package (WAU.msi) and can also be installed through winget itself.[3]

  4. Administrators can exclude or restrict updated applications with excluded_apps.txt or included_apps.txt lists, which can also be supplied from a URL, UNC path or Group Policy.[4]

  5. By default WAU checks GitHub and updates itself when a new version is available; this can be disabled with the DISABLEWAUAUTOUPDATE=1 installer property.[5]

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References

  1. Winget-AutoUpdate/LICENSE · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  5. Romanitho/Winget-AutoUpdate · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
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