Scoop Package Manager

{{Short description|Command-line installer for Microsoft Windows}}

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| operating system = Windows 7 or later{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Install#readme |title=Scoop (un)installer |work=ScoopInstaller / Install repo |via=GitHub.com |publisher=Scoop |accessdate=2025-01-26}}

| platform = IA-32, x64

| genre = Package manager

| license = {{Wikidata|properties|references|edit|P275}}

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Scoop is a command-line package manager for Microsoft Windows, used to download and install apps, as well as their dependencies.

Scoop is often used for installing web development tools and other software development tools.{{Cite book

|first=Philip |last=Jones

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSiGEAAAQBAJ |title=A Blueprint for Production-Ready Web Applications

|year=2022

|page=4

|publisher=Packt Publishing

|isbn=978-1-80323-141-9

}}{{Cite book

|first=Nadim |last=Kobeissi

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFmvDwAAQBAJ |title=Verifpal User Manual

|year=2019

|page=4

|publisher=BoD - Books on Demand

|isbn=978-2-322-16129-4

}}{{Cite book

|first=Ken |last=Kousen

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jq-DwAAQBAJ |title=Kotlin Cookbook: A Problem-Focused Approach

|year=2019

|page=5

|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."

|isbn=978-1-4920-4668-4

}}{{Cite book

|first1=Bruno Joseph |last1=D'mello |first2=Mithun |last2=Satheesh |first3=Jason |last3=Krol

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AppGDwAAQBAJ |title=Web Development with MongoDB and Node

|year=2017

|page=24

|publisher=Packt Publishing |isbn=978-1-78839-477-2 }}{{Cite book

|first1=Regina |last1=Obe |first2=Leo |last2=Hsu

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6PY8EAAAQBAJ |title=PostGIS in Action, Third Edition"

|year=2021

|page=100

|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-63835-115-3 }}{{Cite book

|first1=Andy |last1=Matthews |first2=Shane |last2=Gliser

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUTfBgAAQBAJ |title=Creating Mobile Apps with jQuery Mobile - Second Edition

|year=2015

|page=117

|publisher=Packt |isbn=978-1-78355-512-3 }}{{Cite book

|first=Piotr |last=Tylenda

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hNDaDwAAQBAJ |title=Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows

|year=2020

|page=188

|publisher=Packt Publishing

|isbn=978-1-83882-599-7

}}{{Cite web

|first=Mihai |last=Rotaru

|url=https://mrotaru.co.uk/blog/windows-package-manager-scoop/ |title=Finally, a Decent Package Manager for Windows: Scoop |website=mrotaru.co.uk |publisher=Self-published source |date=22 July 2020

}}

Scoop installs apps in the current user's home directory, so it does not require admin permissions to install or update software. This allows Scoop to avoid User Account Control prompts.{{Cite web

|first=Demitrius |last=Nelon

|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-manager-preview/ |title=Windows Package Manager Preview |work=Windows Command Line blog |publisher=Microsoft

|date=19 May 2020

}}{{Cite web

|first=Sagar |last=Naresh

|url=https://www.onmsft.com/feature/scoop-or-chocolatey-which-windows-10-package-manager-should-you-use |title=Scoop or Chocolatey? Which Windows 10 package manager should you use?

|date=4 October 2023

}}

Scoop can update the packages that it has installed.{{Cite web

|first=Nicholas Xuan |last=Nguyen

|url=https://adamtheautomator.com/scoop-windows/ |title=How to Install and Use the Scoop Windows Package Manager

|website=adamtheautomator.com |publisher=Self-published source |date=28 October 2022

}}