Chocolatey

ApplicationChocolatey Software

Dem still dey call am choco, chocolatey.org

Chocolatey SoftwareSystem

Community Windows package manager wey dey before winget. Di process na choco.exe. E no be WinGet.

Wetin you need know

Chocolatey na di older community manager. WinGet na Microsoft later CLI.

Chocolatey Software choco.exe dey before winget. Get am from chocolatey.org/install. Package ids no dey match WinGet. Scoop and Ninite na different tools.

Wetin e be?: Community Windows package manager
Same tin as WinGet?: No. Different client and catalog
Command?: choco.exe

Feex tok say

If di script talk choco, I go install Chocolatey from chocolatey.org. If di script talk winget, I go use App Installer. To mix di two lines na how ids dey fail.

Wetin be Chocolatey?

choco.exe dey install packages from Chocolatey community feed (and oda sources wey you add). winget.exe na Microsoft later client. Dem no dey share package ids.

If you never use am before

If README talk say "choco install", Chocolatey na di community package manager from Chocolatey Software. E start for 2011, before winget. Install am from chocolatey.org/install. Di command na choco.exe. E no be WinGet, e no be Scoop, and e no be Ninite.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

choco install from di community repo

Dat one-liner na why people still dey use Chocolatey. winget install dey use Microsoft catalog and different ids.

choco upgrade all

Chocolatey habit. winget upgrade --all na di Microsoft parallel, no be dis exe.

Internal feeds on top commercial SKUs

Chocolatey Software dey sell dat one. Scoop buckets na different layout.

Na who e dey for?

People wey dey follow older Windows setup script
Shops wey don already standardize on top choco
Anybody wey dey compare dis one to winget or Scoop

Current status

Chocolatey (2011) na current package manager from Chocolatey Software. Di vendor still dey point Windows users go https://chocolatey.org/install.

How old e be?

Chocolatey launch for 2011. WinGet arrive for 2020. Scoop for 2013. Many older Windows guides still dey talk choco because dis repo bin come first. Current Windows still get winget inside App Installer.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Open source client

Chocolatey for Business

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system	Windows 10 or Windows 11, according to current Chocolatey docs
RAM	E reach for Windows plus dis app. Heavy projects go want more.

Resource profile

CPU demand: Dey follow di installer wey package run
Network demand: Dey download from di feed wey you choose

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
choco.exe	Package manager CLI

Startup components

choco.exe na CLI. E no suppose start with Windows. Some packages dey add dia own Startup.

File locations

Common Chocolatey locations
Typical install	C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\

File formats

Nuspec packages. packages.config lists

Common wahala dem

Package id no be di winget id

choco search and winget search na different catalogs. To copy id across tools go fail.

Community package quality dey vary

Read di package page. WinGet source get im own review rules. None of dem be Ninite curated checkbox page.

How to get unstuck

Install from chocolatey.org/install with di documented PowerShell

Random choco.exe inside Downloads no be di client. winget already dey many PCs if you bin want Microsoft CLI.

choco source list if installs fail

Broken source na Chocolatey config. Scoop buckets na different file tree.

Run di prompt as administrator for machine-wide installs

User-scope Scoop na di oda model. Chocolatey often dey want admin.

Alternatives

WinGet for Microsoft catalog. Scoop for user-folder tools. Ninite for one-shot installer page.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download	chocolatey.org/install Official installer or vendor page
Help	docs.chocolatey.org/ Vendor support
Official site	chocolatey.org/ Start here, no be random exe host

Related hardware

Network and disk space for di packages wey you dey pull. Di client body small.

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

Chocolatey official site · Vendor product page
Chocolatey help · Vendor support
Chocolatey docs · Install and commands
Foxhole process map · First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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