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winget doesn't support any download-only options. But winget packages are provided from the winget repository, or Windows Store.
- For Windows Store apps, you can use Microsoft Store - Generation Project (v1.2.3) [by @RGAdguard & mkuba50] to download Appx and MSIX packages for most free apps if you know their Product ID names, or the URL from Windows Store's website.
- For winget repository, you can search the app manifests on Github:
winget-pkgs/manifests at master . microsoft/winget-pkgs . GitHub
Each of the manifests contains a direct download URL from the app's publisher. For example, let's take Adobe Reader's installer YAML file:
Code:# Created using wingetcreate 1.2.5.0 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://aka.ms/winget-manifest.installer.1.4.0.schema.json PackageIdentifier: Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit PackageVersion: 23.003.20215 MinimumOSVersion: 10.0.0.0 Scope: machine InstallModes: - interactive - silent - silentWithProgress InstallerSwitches: Silent: /sAll /rs /rps /l /re SilentWithProgress: /sAll /rs /rps /l /re UpgradeBehavior: install FileExtensions: - pdf - pdfa - pdfx - xfx AppsAndFeaturesEntries: - DisplayName: Adobe Acrobat DC (64-bit) Publisher: Adobe ProductCode: '{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}' InstallerType: msi Installers: - Architecture: x64 InstallerType: exe InstallerUrl: https://ardownload2.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobat/win/AcrobatDC/2300320215/AcroRdrDCx642300320215_MUI.exe InstallerSha256: 8A704F83CDC984ACF4AC0C948BDC4FBC5E2CB7C4F5183C8223327A9061BB356F ProductCode: '{AC76BA86-1033-FF00-7760-BC15014EA700}' ManifestType: installer ManifestVersion: 1.4.0
As you can see, there's nothing special. Everyone else has the same public access to the installer; winget's value is combining both repo and Windows Store sources into a single easy to use package manager.