README.md
PowerToys includes over 30 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:
For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the installation docs.
But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:
<details open> <summary><strong>Download the .exe file from GitHub</strong></summary>Go to the PowerToys GitHub releases, select Assets to reveal the installation files, and choose the one that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that would be x64 per-user.
<!-- items that need to be updated release to release -->| Description | Filename |
|---|---|
| Per user - x64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-x64.exe |
| Per user - ARM64 | PowerToysUserSetup-0.99.0-arm64.exe |
| Machine wide - x64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.0-x64.exe |
| Machine wide - ARM64 | PowerToysSetup-0.99.0-arm64.exe |
You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:
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</p> </details> <details> <summary><strong>WinGet</strong></summary>Download PowerToys from WinGet. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
There are community driven install methods such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.
</details>To see what's new, check out the release notes.
We are planning some nice new features and improvements for the next releases – a brand-new Shortcut Guide experience, ensuring it's easier to find and install Command Palette extensions and so much more! Stay tuned for v0.100!
The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the support of an amazing active community. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn't be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Your contributions and feedback improve PowerToys month after month!
This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows. We ask that before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute, please read our Contributor's Guide. We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so. For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the developer docs for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct.
The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation.