You can then browse the available packages on the official website and install those that you want added to your system. This becomes obvious right from the get go as you need to run a command from an elevated command prompt to install Chocolatey on the system. It offers more packages and features than Ninite, but is more complicated to use as you run the commands from the command prompt. ChocolateyĬhocolatey is a package manager similar to apt-get, but for Windows. It downloads the programs from the official developer website, and will check digital signatures or hashes to verify the authenticity of the application.Īll programs are downloaded and installed without user interaction, and the custom Ninite installer can be run again at a later point in time to install program updates if available. Ninite promises that the installer will always include the latest version of the selected program, and that individual program installers won't include toolbars and other third-party offers. The service supports over 100 different programs for Windows currently including Chrome, Firefox, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Eclipse, VLC Media Player, 7-Zip, TeamViewer, KeePass 2 Everything, or SumatraPDF. Basically, all you need to do is select the programs that you want to install on your system on the homepage, and click on the get installer button afterwards to create a special installer for the selection. Ninite is a simple tool that you configure on the project website. This would mean to run installers left and right on the system, carefully monitoring the installation process to make sure that adware does not slip by, until all programs are installed.Ī better way, at least when it comes to popular applications and programs, is to use multi-installers. Some programs are not available as portable versions though, and not everyone wants to use them either.
Things are easy if you use portable software predominantly, as you can simply copy all the programs you require from one source (a DVD, Flash Drive, other storage devices) to the system and be done with that. While you could use specifically prepared Windows images to install all the required programs automatically during the installation of the operating system, it is not something that most users do as the process itself is rather technical.
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