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I prefer https://scoop.sh for windows - although I've yet to try it for service/server installs.

But for personal tools, it feels a lot like using apt - but geared towards installation in the home dir (like xstow).

As far as I can tell scoop does support installs for multiple users/services too, though.

To be clear regarding multiple computers and servers so doesn't chocolatey, which is the the actual name of the app the parent post is using choco is the call to the package manager. I'm a little worried about bypassing UAC on Windows with Scoop but it's always good to have options.

I think I'd rather say "sidestep" UAC - if you drop an exe in your "documents" folder, there's no UAC prompt. Scoop doesn't write to protected areas by default.

I suppose it's entirely possible to change this via draconian policies (to have the equivalent of mounting home noexec) - and conversely, for global installs - you need to abide by UAC in the form of "sudo":

https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Global-Installs

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