🚀 wid v1.5.0 – 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.
⚠️ Warning
v1.0.0 and v1.2.2 are no longer supported.
Please use the latest stable version: v1.5.0.
✨ Features
- Written in Rust – memory-safe, zero-cost, ultra-fast.
- ~2 MB RAM – significantly lighter than winget, choco, or scoop.
- ~99% bandwidth – no BITS or Schannel overhead.
- Scraping – finds real .exe and .msi links from HTML pages.
- No dependency resolution – eliminates fragility.
- Your own repository – manage your own sources.list file.
- GPL v3 – fully free and open-source.
📦 Available Packages (30+)
wid list
You can also add your own packages by editing the sources.list file.
📥 Installation
The only supported method: Download wid_installer.exe from the GitHub Releases page and run it.
cargo install is not supported.
🛠️ 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
Compatibility: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (64-bit).