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.Hanselman, Scott, "Is the Windows user ready for apt-get?", Hanselman, Scott, 28 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
The name is an extension on a pun of NuGet (from "nougat") "because everyone loves Chocolatey nougat"."Where Chocolatey Comes From", GitHub.com, 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
The choco command is used to start the Chocolatey command-line package manager.Doguhan Uluca. "Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications". 2018. p. 8Piotr Tylenda. "Hands-On Kubernetes on Windows". 2020. p. 188.Gineesh Madapparambath; Russ McKendrick. "The Kubernetes Bible". 2024.
Compatible package manager In April 2014, Microsoft debuted OneGet (renamed PackageManagement on March 20, 2015) alongside PowerShell 5. It is a free and open-source package-provider manager, which provides a way to integrate other package managers into PowerShell. OneGet was pre-configured to browse the Chocolatey repository.Snover, Jeffrey, "Windows Management Framework V5 Preview" , Microsoft TechNet Windows Server Blog, 3 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
See also Windows Package Manager Scoop
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