wid β Fast, free and lightweight package installer for Windows
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wid β Fast, free and lightweight package installer for Windows
# π wid β Fast, lightweight and free package installer for Windows wid is a package installer for Windows, written in Rust. It brings the philosophy of apt and pacman to Windows, but it doesnβt resolve dependencies β instead, it uses scraping to find the latest versions. β ## β¨ Features - π¦ Written in Rust β memory-safe, zero-cost, ultra-fast. - β‘ ~2 MB RAM β much lighter than winget, choco, or scoop. - π Direct TCP + rustls β achieves ~99% bandwidth (no BITS, no Schannel). - π΅οΈ Scraping β extracts real `.exe` and `.msi` links from HTML pages (e.g., VSCode, Firefox). - π¦ No dependency resolution β leaves that to the appβs own installer, eliminating a major source of fragility. - π You control the repository β `sources.list` is a simple text file you manage yourself. - π GPL v3 β fully free and open-source. β ## π₯ Installation Download `wid_installer.exe` from GitHub Releases [https://github.com/Z.eSystem-Inc/wid/releases] and run it. β ## π οΈ Usage ```bash wid update # Update the package list wid search <keyword> # Search the repository wid install <app> # Download and install an app wid upgrade <app> # Check for updates and upgrade if available wid clean # Clean temporary files
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