Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a comprehensive and impressive Windows package manager that was designed to end the tedious routine of going through the generic Next-Next-Next-Finish installation procedures by helping you deploy and even update software faster and more conveniently.

Regardless of you being an advanced user or a beginner with command line tools, Chocolatey can be deployed in mere seconds via a simple procedure. Before anything else, you need to make sure that PowerShell v2 or newer is present on your computer system and .NET Framework 4.0 or later as well.

Next, launch a CMD session with full administration rights and then run the command for basic installation: start powershell -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient ).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

Of course, there are other installation procedures available (offline installation, for example) neatly explained on the app's official website. There's a page about how to remove the tool too, should you decide to uninstall Chocolatey.

If you're a first time user, you might want to check out the app's list of command, easily accessible by entering the "choco -?" command. Of course, you can get extra details for each particular command by running the "choco command -help".

That said, installing new or updating already existing software could not be easier. Enter the "choco install" command followed by the name of the app you want to install and the same goes for upgrading and uninstalling them.

Taking everything into account, Chocolatey is without a doubt one of the most useful tools for developers and system administrators, but also for novice users who want to simplify their workflow, as well. Without a shadow of a doubt, the highlight of the app is the impressive number of packages it provides. Speaking of which, you can gain an idea by viewing the official apps list or, view them in a more accessible form by running the "choco list" command.