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Developer setup for Windows

VS Code, Git, Windows Terminal and PowerShell 7 as the base. The extended list adds WSL, Node.js, Python, Docker and database and API tools.

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Core apps

  1. Visual Studio CodeFree code editor by Microsoft with debugging, Git and a huge extension marketplace.
    winget install --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode --exact --source winget
  2. GitThe standard distributed version control system, including Git Bash.
    winget install --id Git.Git --exact --source winget
  3. Windows TerminalMicrosoft's modern terminal with tabs, panes and profiles for PowerShell, CMD and WSL.
    winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal --exact --source winget
  4. PowerShell 7The latest cross-platform PowerShell (7.x), side by side with Windows PowerShell 5.1.
    winget install --id Microsoft.PowerShell --exact --source winget

Extended selection

Optional additions. They start unticked in WinMate; tick the ones you need.

  1. GitHub CLIGitHub on the command line: pull requests, issues, releases and Actions.
    winget install --id GitHub.cli --exact --source winget
  2. Windows Subsystem for LinuxRun Linux distributions like Ubuntu directly on Windows.
    winget install --id Microsoft.WSL --exact --source winget
  3. Node.js LTSJavaScript runtime (Long Term Support version) including npm.
    winget install --id OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS --exact --source winget
  4. Python 3The Python programming language, including pip and the py launcher.
    winget install --id Python.Python.3.14 --exact --source winget
  5. uvExtremely fast Python package and project manager written in Rust.
    winget install --id astral-sh.uv --exact --source winget
  6. Docker DesktopBuild, run and share containers on Windows with WSL 2.
    winget install --id Docker.DockerDesktop --exact --source winget
  7. BrunoOpen-source, offline-first API client that stores collections as files in Git.
    winget install --id Bruno.Bruno --exact --source winget
  8. DBeaverFree universal database tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and many more.
    winget install --id DBeaver.DBeaver.Community --exact --source winget
  9. PowerToysMicrosoft's power-user utilities: FancyZones, PowerToys Run, Color Picker and more.
    winget install --id Microsoft.PowerToys --exact --source winget
  10. 7-ZipFree open-source file archiver with high compression for 7z, ZIP, RAR and more.
    winget install --id 7zip.7zip --exact --source winget

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