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App Center is a graphical front-end for the Windows Package Manager (winget), published by Arnstein Skara and currently at version 1.0.4, with two versions released to date. As its name suggests, the software is modelled on Ubuntu's App Center but rebuilt for Windows on top of winget, giving users a visual way to manage software on the local machine without working from the command line. Its purpose is to centralise package management: users can browse a curated catalogue of 178 apps organised into Featured, Productivity, Development and Games categories, search across the entire winget repository, and install, update or remove packages from a single interface. Every install, upgrade and uninstall operation is executed as a real winget command against the local machine, and each action passes through a confirmation dialog before being carried out, adding a safeguard against unintended changes. This places the software in the package management and software installation category, relevant for Windows users who prefer a store-style browsing experience, administrators who want a graphical layer over winget, and anyone familiar with Ubuntu's App Center who wants a comparable workflow on Windows. Typical use cases include discovering new applications through the curated catalogue, keeping installed software up to date, and removing unwanted packages without memorising winget syntax. App Center is free software distributed under the GPL-3.0 licence, the same licence under which Canonical publishes Ubuntu's App Center. However, it is an independent Windows implementation that shares no code with Canonical's project, and it is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Canonical. With its combination of a curated browsing experience, full repository search, and confirmed winget-backed operations, App Center offers a familiar, licence-friendly approach to managing Windows software graphically.
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