Fix winget's dreaded
"Installer hash does not match"

The problem

Winget often shows the error message "Installer hash does not match" when a new version of an application was released but Microsoft did not yet update the winget-pkgs community repository. This especially affects apps that are frequently updated, such as Google Chrome. It is a real pain for system administrators who need to keep their software up-to-date.

The solution: Pkgs

Pkgs is a private winget repository that always contains the latest versions of the most popular applications. It gets rid of the "Installer hash does not match" error and saves you time and frustration. Further benefits:

• Get the latest versions of applications immediately.
• Every version is checked for viruses.
• No breakage due to incompatible manifests in Microsoft's Community repository.

Pkgs is based on the trusted winget.Pro private repository implementation. Its name is a play on Microsoft's winget-pkgs repository. (Combining winget.Pro and Pkgs gives winget.pro-pkgs.)

How does it work?

To use Pkgs, you need to add it as a source to winget. This is as simple as executing the following command with administrative privileges:

winget source add -n pkgs -t "Microsoft.Rest" -a https://...a private URL...

Then, when you install or upgrade applications with winget, you supply the name of the source ("pkgs"):

winget install ... -s pkgs
winget upgrade ... -s pkgs

That's it. No more "Installer hash does not match". Ever.

Which applications are available in Pkgs?

The following applications are currently available:

1Password 7-Zip Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (64-bit) Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Amazon WorkSpaces Anaconda3 AnyDesk Anydo Atom Audacity AWS VPN Client Azure Cosmos DB Emulator Azure Data CLI Azure Data Studio Bicep CLI Bing Wallpaper Bitwarden Blender Bluebeam Revu 21 Bot Framework Composer Bot Framework Emulator Box Drive Camtasia Canva Cisco Jabber Cisco Webex Meetings Citrix Workspace CMake Datto Windows Agent DBeaver Community Edition Dell Command | Update for Windows Universal Dell Display Manager Docker Desktop draw.io Dropbox Egnyte Desktop App Evernote FileZilla Foxit PDF Editor Foxit PDF Reader GIMP GitHub CLI GitHub Desktop GitKraken Git Global VPN Client Google Chrome Google Drive Google Earth Pro GoToMeeting Grammarly for Windows Greenshot HandBrake ImageGlass Jabra Direct Java 8 Java SE Development Kit 17 Java SE Development Kit 18 Java SE Development Kit 21 KeePass KeePassXC LastPass Lenovo Migration Assistant Lenovo System Update Local Administrator Password Solution Logi Bolt Logi Options+ Logitech Gaming Software Logitech Options Logitech Sync Logi Tune Malwarebytes Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Microsoft ASP.NET Core Runtime 7.0 Microsoft Azure CLI Microsoft Azure Information Protection Viewer Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer Microsoft Build of OpenJDK with Hotspot 17 Microsoft Build of OpenJDK with Hotspot 21 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Microsoft Edge Beta Microsoft Edge Dev Microsoft Edge Microsoft Garage Mouse without Borders Microsoft .NET Runtime 5.0 Microsoft .NET Runtime 6.0 Microsoft .NET Runtime 7.0 Microsoft .NET SDK 7.0 Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 5.0 Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 6.0 Microsoft OneDrive Microsoft PowerBI Desktop Microsoft Report Builder Microsoft R Open Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Developer Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Microsoft Teams Classic Microsoft Teams Microsoft Visio Viewer 2016 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable (Arm64) Microsoft Visual Studio Code Miniconda3 Miro Mozilla Firefox ESR Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Thunderbird Node.js LTS Node.js NordPass NordVPN Notepad++ NuGet Oracle VM VirtualBox PDF-XChange Editor Postman Power Automate for desktop PowerShell PowerToys (Preview) Process Monitor PuTTY Python 3.11 R for Windows RingCentral Skype Slack Snagit 2020 Snagit 2023 Snagit 2024 SonicWall NetExtender Sourcetree Splashtop Business Splashtop Streamer Deployment (MSI) Splashtop Streamer TeamViewer Host TeamViewer Termius TreeSize Free Visual Studio Community 2022 Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 Visual Studio Professional 2019 Visual Studio Professional 2022 VLC media player VMware Horizon Client VMware Workstation Player VMware Workstation Pro Webex Windows Admin Center Windows PC Health Check Windows Terminal WinMerge WinSCP Wireshark XML Notepad YubiKey Manager Zoom Zoom Outlook Plugin

How do I know that I can trust Pkgs?

Pkgs is operated as a part of winget.Pro by Omaha Consulting GmbH, an Austrian company. We have been serving the automatic update space since 2019, before winget was created. One of our larger customers is Brave. We write the software that updates their browser on tens of millions of devices. They wrote a blog post that mentions our services here.

How do I get started with Pkgs?

Winget sends a lot of network requests to our servers, so Pkgs needs to be a paid service. We charge EUR 5 per 1,000 requests. Use the button below to start a free 30-day trial. We will not charge you for this trial. At the end, we will tell you how many requests you used. Then you can decide if you want to continue using the service.