# Chocolatey | | **Chocolatey** is a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the NuGet packaging infrastructure and Windows PowerShell to simplify the process of downloading and installing software. | | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | wikipedia:: [Chocolatey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolatey) | | | repo:: [Chocolatey Software \| Packages](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages) | a machine-level, command-line package manager and installer for software on Microsoft Windows. It uses the [[NuGet]] packaging infrastructure and Windows [[PowerShell]] to simplify the process of downloading and installing software ## Usage - choco - install - Or cinst - list - -l - Search - Update - Or cup - All - Uninstall - Or cuinst? ## Integrations - [[Ansible|Ansible]] - good support - [[Chef]] - [[Puppet]] ## Packages ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS Name, choco FROM #Type WHERE choco != null ```