microsoft/PowerToys

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Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows

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About microsoft/PowerToys

microsoft/PowerToys is an open-source project on GitHub, mainly written in C. Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows It currently holds 139,143 stars and 8,628 forks with 7,741 open issues, and was last pushed on 2026-10-09 (repository created 2019-05-01).

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GitHub Repository Details

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README

Microsoft PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that help you customize Windows and streamline everyday tasks.

Installation · Documentation · Blog · Release notes

🔨 Utilities

PowerToys includes over 30 utilities to help you customize and optimize your Windows experience:

| | | | | --- | --- | --- | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Advanced Paste icon Advanced Paste | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Always on Top icon Always on Top | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Awake icon Awake | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Color Picker icon Color Picker | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Command Not Found icon Command Not Found | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Command Palette icon Command Palette | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Crop and Lock icon Crop And Lock | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Environment Variables icon Environment Variables | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/FancyZones icon FancyZones | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/File Explorer Add-ons icon File Explorer Add-ons | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/File Locksmith icon File Locksmith | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Grab And Move icon Grab And Move | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Hosts File Editor icon Hosts File Editor | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Image Resizer icon Image Resizer | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Keyboard Manager icon Keyboard Manager | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Light Switch icon Light Switch | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Mouse Utilities icon Mouse Utilities | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Mouse Without Borders icon Mouse Without Borders | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/New+ icon New+ | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Peek icon Peek | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/PowerDisplay icon PowerDisplay | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/PowerRename icon PowerRename | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/PowerToys Run icon PowerToys Run | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Quick Accent icon Quick Accent | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Registry Preview icon Registry Preview | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Screen Ruler icon Screen Ruler | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Shortcut Guide icon Shortcut Guide | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Text Extractor icon Text Extractor | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Window Hopper icon Window Hopper | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/Workspaces icon Workspaces | | https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/HEAD/ZoomIt icon ZoomIt | | |

📦 Installation

For detailed installation instructions and system requirements, visit the installation docs.

But to get started quickly, choose one of the installation methods below:

Download the .exe file from GitHub

Go to the PowerToys GitHub releases, scroll down and select Assets to reveal the installation files, and choose the one that matches your architecture and install scope. For most devices, that would be _x64 per-user_.

Microsoft Store
You can easily install PowerToys from the Microsoft Store:

WinGet
Download PowerToys from WinGet. Updating PowerToys via winget will respect the current PowerToys installation scope. To install PowerToys, run the following command from the command line / PowerShell:
  • User scope installer (default)
winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
  • Machine-wide scope installer
winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
Other methods
There are community driven install methods such as Chocolatey and Scoop. If these are your preferred install solutions, you can find the install instructions there.

✨ What's new?

What's new image

To see what's new, check out the release notes.

🛣️ Roadmap

For [v0.102][github-next-release-work], we're working on modernizing several utilities with WinUI 3, expanding Command Palette with tabs and JavaScript/TypeScript extensions, and adding new productivity improvements across PowerToys.

❤️ PowerToys Community

The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the [support of an amazing active community][community-link]. The work you do is incredibly important. PowerToys wouldn't be nearly what it is today without your help filing bugs, updating documentation, guiding the design, or writing features. We want to say thank you and take time to recognize your work. Your contributions and feedback improve PowerToys month after month!

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions of all types. Besides coding features / bug fixes, other ways to assist include spec writing, design, documentation, and finding bugs. We are excited to work with the power user community to build a set of tools for helping you get the most out of Windows. We ask that before you start work on a feature that you would like to contribute, please read our Contributor's Guide. We would be happy to work with you to figure out the best approach, provide guidance and mentorship throughout feature development, and help avoid any wasted or duplicate effort. Most contributions require you to agree to a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][oss-CLA] declaring that you grant us the rights to use your contribution and that you have permission to do so. For guidance on developing for PowerToys, please read the developer docs for a detailed breakdown. This includes how to setup your computer to compile.

Code of conduct

This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][oss-conduct-code].

Privacy statement

The application logs basic diagnostic data (telemetry). For more privacy information and what we collect, see our PowerToys Data and Privacy documentation.

[oss-CLA]: https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com [oss-conduct-code]: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md [community-link]: COMMUNITY.md [github-next-release-work]: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/milestone/46

GitHub Stars & Activity

139,143Stars
8,628Forks
7,741Open issues
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GitHub Popularity

GitHub stars139,143
Forks8,628
Open issues7,741
Primary languageC
LicenseMIT
Stars gained today29
Created2019-05-01
Last pushed2026-10-09

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Daily boardrank #98 · ▲ 29 stars

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