wid v1.2.2
🚀 wid v1.2.2 – The Fastest Installer for Windows
wid is a fast, lightweight, free, and non-blocking package installer for Windows, written in Rust.
It brings the philosophy of apt and pacman to Windows, but does not resolve dependencies — instead, it uses scraping to find the latest versions.
✨ Features
- 🦀 Written in Rust – memory-safe, zero-cost, ultra-fast.
- ⚡ ~2 MB RAM – significantly lighter than winget, choco, or scoop.
- 🌐 Direct TCP + rustls – achieves ~99% bandwidth (no BITS or Schannel overhead).
- 🕵️ Scraping – extracts real .exe and .msi links from HTML pages.
- 📦 No Dependency Resolution – leaves dependency handling to the app's own installer.
- 📝 Your Own Repository – you manage your own sources.list file.
- 🔓 GPL v3 – fully free and open-source.
📦 Available Packages
The package list is continuously updated. To see the current list:
wid list
You can also add your own packages by editing the sources.list file.
📥 Installation
1️⃣ Recommended: Installer
Download wid_installer.exe from the GitHub Releases page and run it.
2️⃣ For Developers (Cargo)
cargo install wid
🛠️ Usage
wid list # List all packages
wid info <app> # Show package details
wid update # Update package list
wid search <keyword> # Search repository
wid install <app> # Download and install
wid upgrade <app> # Upgrade a package
wid upgrade --all # Upgrade all packages
wid remove <app> # Remove an app (UAC)
wid clean # Clean temporary files
wid --version # Show wid version
Examples:
wid install vscode
wid upgrade git
wid search steam
wid remove 7zip
wid upgrade --all
📄 License
GPL v3 – Use it freely, fork it, improve it.
Compatibility: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (64-bit).