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All-in-one Windows provisioning and configuration utility with a premium dark WPF GUI. Inspired by Chris Titus Tech's WinUtil -- rebuilt from scratch with a polished aesthetic.
Compact 2-column grid showing Computer Name, OS/Build, CPU, RAM, User, Domain/Workgroup, and Storage (type + free space).
Multi-source app installer with 95+ apps organized by category: Browsers, Communications, Development, Documents, Gaming, Multimedia, Pro Tools, Utilities. Winget is preferred, with Scoop and Chocolatey fallback when a package cannot be resolved. Choose up to four concurrent install lanes, monitor per-app output, pass custom arguments per package, and verify installs against executable/registry/package-manager state. Presets are available for Developer, Gamer, Productivity, and Essentials workflows, and search tolerates typos.
Checkbox-driven system modifications with descriptions and tooltips:
- Essential - Telemetry, temp files, hibernation, services, Widgets
- Advanced - Cortana, GameDVR, Copilot, Recall, Bing search, classic context menu, Ultimate Performance plan
- Privacy - Advertising ID, app launch tracking, diagnostic data, clipboard history, speech recognition
Every run shows a registry delta preview and saves a restore snapshot under %LOCALAPPDATA%\WinForge\history\. The Tweaks page also provides audit, dry-run script, and ADMX export actions, risk/revert guidance, third-party conflict warnings, and an enterprise-management guard for policy paths.
The Safe Preset action additionally creates a Windows Restore Point and exports existing registry paths before applying the selected tweaks under %LOCALAPPDATA%\WinForge\safe-presets\.
Telemetry controls expose Off, Basic, Enhanced, and Full levels with an explanation of the diagnostic-data tradeoff.
Windows optional features and system fixes (.NET 3.5, Hyper-V, WSL, SFC, DISM, network reset). Legacy control panel shortcuts.
DNS configuration (Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, OpenDNS, AdGuard), Windows Update policy management, pause/reset.
Export and import your selections (apps + tweaks) as JSON files, or export/import a DSC v3 .winget package bundle for replay through winget configure. Share configurations between machines or save favorite setups.
Export a FirstLogonCommands XML block with a companion PowerShell payload for MDT or Autounattend workflows. The Deployment page can audit or apply the selected apps and tweaks to a WinRM/PSRemoting target using the current Windows credentials, load a JSON fleet preset from a local path, SMB share, or HTTPS Git URL, and discover local SysAdminDoc plugin manifests without executing them automatically. Set WINFORGE_PRESET_SOURCE to load a preset at startup.
Switch between Dark, Light, and High Contrast modes from the sidebar. Unhandled UI and application exceptions are recorded locally, without telemetry, at %LOCALAPPDATA%\WinForge\crash.log; use Copy Crash Report only when you choose to review or share the report.
# Auto-elevates to Administrator
.\WinForge.ps1For a PowerShell 7 console workflow, use pwsh .\WinForge.ps1 -Tui. The TUI uses Out-ConsoleGridView when Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools is installed and otherwise falls back to a numbered console selector. On ARM64 Windows, WinForge warns that package architecture support is resolved by the selected package manager.
Support and feature requests: GitHub Issues
- Windows 10/11
- PowerShell 5.1+
- winget (for app installation)