UniGetUI 3.1.0

NOTE: WingetUI is now UniGetUI. Refer to #1900 for more details

Changelog

• WingetUI is now UniGetUI. A new icon completes the rebranding
• The Package Engine has undergone an entire redesign
  • Package managers that support so fetch packages via APIs (WinGet uses COM, NuGet-Based use REST nuget APIs, etc.). This leads to important speed improvements
  • The way in which icons are loaded has been renewed. Package managers that support so will provide the icons directly to the packages.
  • Microsoft Store (winget: msstore) packages show their screenshots on the details page.
  • System WinGet is now used by default. Bundled WinGet is no longer used to fetch or to install packages.
    • WinGet Packages will not show ellipted anymore.
  • Lifecycle of Packages, PackageDetails and InstallationOptions have been modified to not have duplicated instances of the same data in ram. Package data that has been already loaded will not be loaded again, and will be recycled from an older load instead.
  • Widgets for UniGetUI will now load packages faster, and does not rely on the interface as much as it used to.
  • When a package manager is missing a dependency, the user will be prompted to install it.
• Important improvements across the entire interface
  • The Software Pages have been rebuilt with ItemsView in favour of ListView. This decreases the amount of used RAM (70~100mb less aprox.)
  • The Package Details page has been rebuilt with RichTextBlock. Content does not overflow and is overall better presented. Bold, italic and greyed out fonts are used to make the interface more understandable. Text and URLs can be copied.
  • The Logs pages have been rebuilt, to provide more important information better. Different levels of logs have been introduced, easing the process of debugging and understanding issues.
  • The Settings page has been reorganized into more coherent categories
  • Improvements to ContentDialogs. Dialogs that do not prompt the user for a decision have a "Close" button at the top-right corner of the dialog.
• The Package Engine has been internally decoupled from the Interface.
• The System Tray has new, pixel-perfect icons.
• The installer will ensure WinGet and Microsoft.WinGet.Client are present on the system.
• The installer will allow the user to not install Chocolatey
• Tons of bugfixes and improvements.

What's Changed

• [Not priority] Fix random mistakes in README (mainly typos) by Tiago Rangel de Silva (@tiagorangel2011) in #2011
• Dotnet runtime bootstrapper by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #1970
• Show 'Update' Button in Tray Notification When Only One Update is Available by CoolSpy3 in #2055
• Update readme.md by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2057
• Fix #1995: [BUG] Notification tray icon by CoolSpy3 in #2072
• Winget COM API compatibility by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2035
• fix scoop-search autofix error by ercJuL (@ercJuL) in #2086
• Update installation step via Scoop by Zongle Wang (@Goooler) in #2079
• Adds additional description to package manager toggles by Turwaith (@turw41th) in #2107
• Fixed a bug in package search by Artyom Zabroda (@ArtyomZabroda) in #2091
• README mistakes by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2126
• Update Code of Conduct, Contributing Guidelines and Security.md by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2127
• Update bug-issue.yml and hard-crash.yml to Correct spelling mistakes by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2130
• Rebrand WingetUI to UniGetUI by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2032
• Fix ParentContainsErrorRecordException if a Windows limited user resets Winget sources by pomodori92 in #2150
• Add Missing Line Break in CLI Parameters Section of README by CoolSpy3 in #2175
• Very basic start by Robert Sirre (@Atrejoe) in #2176
• Separate UniGetUI into modules by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2161
• ICU message format for translations by Artsiom (@flatron4eg) in #2045
• Use Windows display language instead of regional format by Kim (@KimCM) in #2285
• Better Package Manager Loggers by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2292
• Keyboard navigation by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2307
• Update licenses, disclaimer on the about page by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2309
• Package data lifecycle optimization by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2317
• Decouple loading and "holding" packages from the UI - Creation of PackageLoaders by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2328
• Replace ListView with ItemsView by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2335
• Move message formatter in LanguageEngine, add locale for message formatter by Artsiom (@flatron4eg) in #2326
• Update SECURITY.md by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2129
• Update bug-issue.yml by Martí Climent (@marticliment) in #2341
• This removes grammatical mistakes from the code. by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2340
• Update readme.md by SkandaBT (@skanda890) in #2360
• Update translations from Tolgee by @github-actions in #2363
• Add translation string in the installer ("Install Chocolatey") by mapi68 in #2369
• Update icons and screenshots from the excel file by @github-actions in #2370

New Contributors

• Tiago Rangel de Silva (@tiagorangel2011) made their first contribution in #2011
• CoolSpy3 made their first contribution in #2055
• ercJuL (@ercJuL) made their first contribution in #2086
• Zongle Wang (@Goooler) made their first contribution in #2079
• Turwaith (@turw41th) made their first contribution in #2107
• Artyom Zabroda (@ArtyomZabroda) made their first contribution in #2091
• SkandaBT (@skanda890) made their first contribution in #2126
• pomodori92 made their first contribution in #2150
• Robert Sirre (@Atrejoe) made their first contribution in #2176
• Kim (@KimCM) made their first contribution in #2285

Full Changelog: 3.0.2...3.1.0

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Note: Both installers are the same file. WingetUI.Installer.exe has been left for compatibility with the autoupdater, and may be removed in future releases.