WingetUI will soon become UniGetUI

[marticliment]

Dear users and contributors,

WingetUI has evolved into supporting different package managers, not only Winget, leading to the name WingetUI confusing new users, and not representing the main point of this application. Every day I am observing more often users getting confused by WingetUI and winget, which is an expectable situation taking into account the little difference between the two names. Therefore, WingetUI will be soon rebranded.

The new name will be:

UniGetUI

You may see this banner within WingetUI informing of the rebrand.

Thank you for your understanding, and excuse me for the inconveniences this may cause.

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[CanePlayz]

Totally makes sense, fair change 😄

[aaronliu0130]

Feels like it should be under announcements, though

[marticliment]

I will post an announcement later this month, I'd like to maintain the feedback one for a while

[Ivan951236]

true, it is fair change (Since WingetUI not only downloads apps from Winget)

[redactedscribe]

@marticliment In case it matters, something I've noticed for a while is that WinGet refers to itself as "WinGet" (uppercase 'G'), not "Winget[UI]" as is used in the name of your excellent software. You may want to consider "UniGetUI". Regardless, thanks for the release of v3!

[marticliment]

I will take a look at this

[redactedscribe]

Not to be pedantic, but is "UI" even necessary any more if stepping away from having "Winget" in the name? "Uniget" / "UniGet" sounds good on its own. However, after a quick search online (and on GitHub), keeping "UI" may be beneficial as there are a few projects of varying sizes out there with the same name (mostly "Uniget"). Capitalisation "UniGetUI" would help differentiate. Something to consider.

Edit: To avoid the issue (if you consider it one), maybe "ExeGet" (doesn't seem to be used much anywhere)?

[rolltidehero]

I had some free time this morning and first time i've been pain free all week, so I figured I would enjoy the goofiness while I could until reality set back in. <3

NOTE: Updated list can be found here: #1900 (comment)

1. Software Acquisition & Customization Kit [SACK] 
2. Legendary Open Vault for Everything [LOVE] 
3. Manage, Install & Launch Frontend / Frameworks [MILF] 
4. Search, Update & Install Tool [SUIT] 
5. Complete Universal Package Installer & Downloader [CUPID] 
6. Package & Open-Source Organizer Program [POOP] 
7. Download & Deploy Operator [DODO] 
8. Totally Useful Repository Database [TURD] 
9. Software Transfer & Deployment [STD] 
10. Software Transfer & Deployment Suite [STDs] 
11. Software Tools & Utility Discovery [STUD] 
12. Complete Repository And Package Suite [CRAPS]

[candrapersada]

if the name of WingetUI becomes UnigetUI will the settings data be lost?

[marticliment]

No, I will make sure to migrate all data and things

[Otiel]

In case you haven't already seen, "Uniget" is already used as a name for:

• Unity3D package manager
• Container tools package manager
• A ChatGPT plugin

The last one doesn't concern me as much, but the first two are package managers as well. This could bring confusion regarding the branding of the app and not help discovery through search engines, even though you keep "UI" in the name.

[aaronliu0130]

Maybe "WinManUI"?

[marticliment]

This could bring confusion regarding the branding of the app and not help discovery through search engines

Those managers are quite specific, and they are not included with WingetUI, opposed to winget

[Otiel]

True! To clarify my words, I have nothing against renaming WingetUI, on the contrary, I think this is a good idea. I just wanted to shine on the fact that the "Uniget" name is already used among package managers.

But I agree those are more niche than WingetUI aim to be. 😊

[gilromano]

Another option would be "MultiGetUI"

[hosct]

Have you defined a timeframe yet, when the rename will occur?

[dabockster]

Drop the "UI" from the name going forward. Maybe only "Uniget" or something even better.

[aaronliu0130]

I don't think so, two quite popular apps are already called Uniget but nothing's called UnigetUI.

[Tarek-Hasan]

How about WinPacMan? 🤣

[aaronliu0130]

I'd say WinMan or WinManUI, since at least two pacmans already exist

[marticliment]

Hello,

I am afraid there has been a confusion, the new name has already been chosen, and it will be UnigetUI

[iPoetDev]

Naming is hard. Martin is highly productive and super.

[aaronliu0130]

Superget!

[DailenG]

What about Gogeta? Pun playing off the syllables "go" and "get", sounds similar to a slang pronunciation of "go getter" and pays a bit of a homage to the fusion of Goku and Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z when they merged to form Gogeta 😋

[kittenvr]

like https://uniget.dev/ ?

[marticliment]

no, UnigetUI

[kittenvr]

no, UnigetUI

But is it related to the link I sent?

[aaronliu0130]

of course not, why would it be

[rumplin]

As a translator I just want to point out, that a lot of strings contain "WingetUI" and already see I'm translating text I translated a few version ago again and over again. Please keep this in mind for future releases.

[aaronliu0130]

Wouldn't it be possible to just Ctrl+F every string with "WingetUI" and push that back to tolgee?

[rumplin]

It's not just the "WingetUI" text, it stuff like "About", where there was already "About WingetUI" etc.

[aaronliu0130]

Yes. What about that prevents me from doing a Ctrl+F replacement of "WingetUI" with "UnigetUI" on that?

[marticliment]

I will handle this, you translators won't need to retranslate anything

[Arrmm]

I think rather than calling it Win or Uni or Multi - get, why don't you just call it MartiGet? I think it is simple, precise, and straight to the point. You don't need UI anymore (as others have mentioned) since this is not the "UI" version of Winget. It is much more beyond it, and far more comprehensive.

My 2 cents.

[BrianG61UK]

You need UI because it is a UI for many command line package managers.

[heartacker]

my op:

WeGetUI

WeGetIT
?

[aaronliu0130]

too much tencent communism

[heartacker]

AiGetUI
AiGetIT

[heartacker]

IGetUI
ITGetUI

[Tarek-Hasan]

It would have been nice, if you could rebrand it AppGet. The Original AppGet project was an open source package manager, which Microsoft copied to make WinGet without permission of the original author. You can read the full story here. This story is very little known even in the tech industry, so I would love to see millions of people constantly reminded through the rebranding of the app that, how malicious Microsoft is.

[Otiel]

I knew of this story. I'm not sure this is a good idea for @marticliment to enter in a naming "war" against Microsoft.

[aaronliu0130]

I don't see how it'd be a naming war. It'd be at most a tribute.

[marticliment]

It would be confusing for users. The rename is to avoid further confusion between winget and wingetui, and therefore reusing an already known name would cause even further confusion

[marticliment]

Quick update

UniGetUI will have a new icon, very similar to the current one, but more consistent with Fluent Guidelines (and the new icon will scale better on smaller sizes)

[marticliment]

See the post updated with the new version

[yrjarv]

I'm no designer, but to me there is something off about having the blue arrow touch the edge. In my opinion, it might look even better if the arrow was moved a tiny bit down (maybe half the size of each grey band?). But I have to say, the entire remaining process does really improve the UX compared to v2 of WingetUI.

[marticliment]

@Otiel, despite what I said yesterday, there WILL be new tray icons inline with UniGetUI new icon:

[aaronliu0130]

@yrjarv See above, Fluent guidelines recommend sharing borders which is why Marti did it.

[Spacellary]

Looks great.

[00-kat]

So if this is installed with, for example, scoop install wingetui, will there be a need to uninstall then reinstall under a new name to get updates?

[marticliment]

Hi @cd-CreepArghhh, I can't really answer this question since I am not the one who maintains the scoop package. I suppose they will provide the update seamlessly, but WingetUI should autoupdate anyways.

[mekwall]

@marticliment Have you thought about dropping the UI postfix in the new name? It makes sense with the current name, but with the new name it becomes superfluous and unnecessary imo.

[marticliment]

uniget js already a thing, so it would be bad for them.

[aaronliu0130]

(this has also been talked about above)

[rolltidehero]

Some of these I came up with myself.. others I had A.I help... Pick a number! 😂

1. Nimble Utility Transporter [NUT]
2. Nasty Universal Toolkit Suite [NUTS]
3. Super App Collecting Kit [SACK]
4. Brilliant Open-source Neat Executable Retriever [BONER]
5. Lucrative Open Vault Endeavor [LOVE]
6. Let's Install Neat Unix Xenials [LINUX]
7. Marvelous Install Liaison Frontend [MILF]
8. Gnome Install Neat Gizmo Extraordinaire Redistribution [GINGER]
9. Software Acquisition & Customization Kit [SACK]
10. Legendary Open Vault for Everything [LOVE]
11. Manage, Install & Launch Frontend / Frameworks [MILF]
12. Search, Update & Install Tool [SUIT]
13. Complete Universal Package Installer & Downloader [CUPID]
14. Package & Open-Source Organizer Program [POOP]
15. Download & Deploy Operator [DODO]
16. Totally Useful Repository Database [TURD]
17. Software Transfer & Deployment [STD]
18. Software Transfer & Deployment Suite [STDs]
19. Software Tools & Utility Discovery [STUD]
20. Complete Repository And Package Suite [CRAPS]
21. Windowsy App Package Manager [WAP-M]
22. Grand Universal Installer Kit [GUIK] 
23. Nifty App Procurement Tool [NAPT]
24. Pragmatic Universal Collector Kit [PUCK]
25. Handy Universal Utility Suite [HUUS]
26. Randomized App Transmuter [RAT]
27. Quirky Universal Installer Toolkit [QUIT]
28. Windows Ingenious Nifty Graphical Expeditor Terminal [WINGET]
29. Phenomenal Orchestrating Wizard Enabling Retrieval [POWER]
30. Marvelous Application Curator Kit [MACK]
31. Super Handy Incredible Friendly Toolkit [SHIFT]
32. Xenial User Interface Nerd Gadget Experience Technician [XUNGET]
33. Radically Awesome Package Kit Installer Necessity Graphical [RAPKINGUI]
35. Discover Apps Real-Timel [D.A.R.T.]
36. Totally Offbeat Toolbox [T.O.O.T.] 
38. Sketchy Hax0r Utility Pack [S.H.U.P.]
39. Profane Orgy Wizard [P.O.W.]
41. Responsive App Installation Dashboard [R.A.I.D.]
42. Package Management Suite [P.M.S.]
43. Package Management Studio [P.M.S.]
44. Complete Universal Manager [C.U.M.]

With me being a South Park & Brickleberry fanatic, I'm sure it won't be hard to figure out the ones that I came up with. :P

[exarobibliologist]

This is absolutely hysterical.
STD is, by far, my favorite name for a package manager now, followed (in no specific order) very closely by POOP, TURD, PMS, and CUM.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think everyone should be thankful that neither of us is in charge of renaming WingetUI. lolol

[songpola]

How about OneGetUI ? 🤔

[aaronliu0130]

OneGet was Microsoft's CLI for Chocolatey.

[kilitary]

how about ShutGet?

[arafatx]

MaxiGet, just suggestion.

[itayasaf2002xd]

Hey, any ETA for the new name/icon?

[marticliment]

expect about to or three weeks before the first wingetui prerelease, and then four or five weeks more until stable

[marticliment]

Here it is: https://github.com/marticliment/WingetUI/releases/tag/3.1.0-alpha0

[Wang-sx0103]

It has been two months now. Do you have a specific update time?

[marticliment]

As said in the post above, expect about to or three weeks before the first wingetui prerelease, and then four or five weeks more until stable

[marticliment]

Here it is: https://github.com/marticliment/WingetUI/releases/tag/3.1.0-alpha0

[Wang-sx0103]

I've updated to the latest version and it looks great so far!

[BrianG61UK]

Drop the "UI" from the name going forward. Maybe only "Uniget" or something even better.

I disagree. It is, after all, a UI for various already existing package managers like WinGet, PIP, Scoop and Chocolatey.

[tb-mtg]

Can UniGet be used on Windows Server 2019 (or any Windows Server versions)?

[marticliment]

It should work, but I haven't tested it personally