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PowerToys is a free, MIT-licensed collection of over 30 Windows utilities for customizing the desktop and streamlining everyday tasks like window layouts and file renaming.

ApplicationCategory: Desktop Apps · Desktop environments · Development · UtilitiesOpen sourcedata checked Oct 15, 2026
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Overview

Windows ships with a limited set of tools for organizing windows, renaming files, picking colors and launching apps, and many power users end up stitching together separate third-party programs to fill those gaps. PowerToys is a Microsoft-built collection of over 30 utilities that address these everyday tasks in one package. Its best-known modules include FancyZones for snapping windows into custom layouts, PowerRename for bulk file renaming, Color Picker, Keyboard Manager for remapping keys, PowerToys Run and Command Palette for quick launching, Advanced Paste, and Screen Ruler. Each utility can be enabled or disabled independently, so you only run the tools you need. PowerToys installs as a Windows desktop application, with options to download the installer from GitHub, get it from the Microsoft Store, or install it through WinGet. It supports Windows 10 and Windows 11. The project is released under the MIT license and is aimed at Windows power users, developers and anyone who wants to customize their workflow. Community contributions are welcome through the project's contributor guide.](https://example.invalid)
  • advanced-paste
  • color-picker
  • command-palette
  • desktop
  • fancyzones
  • keyboard-manager
  • microsoft-powertoys
  • powerrename
  • powertoys
  • windows
  • windows-10
  • windows-11

Installation

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PlatformStatusArchitectureEvidenceConfidence
WindowsCompatiblearm64official build in release v0.102.3001: PowerToysSetup-0.102.3001.0-arm64.exe0.70
Compatiblex86_64official build in release v0.102.3001: PowerToysSetup-0.102.3001.0-x64.exe0.70
macOSUnknown———
LinuxUnknown———

Releases

checked Oct 29, 2026
v0.102.3001LatestOct 27, 2026Official source ↗

Files in 0.102.3001

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Release history

Quality profile

algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 15, 2026
Quality Score98
Risk Score0
Confidence 1.00
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Score components

Maintenance · 2020
last activity 0 days ago
Documentation · 1515
README 9933 chars, description present
Ready to use · 1515
install instructions: yes; releases: yes
Metadata · 108
3/4 of description, homepage, license, topics
Releases · 1010
10 release(s), latest 2 days ago
Category confidence · 1010
classifier confidence 1
Adoption · 1010
139353 stars (log-dampened, 10k = max)
License clarity · 55
SPDX MIT
Community · 55
issues enabled, 8652 forks

License

MIT
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Sources

github.com/microsoft/PowerToysPrimary★ 139,353 starslast activity Oct 15, 2026Primary repository · Confidence 1.00

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README

From microsoft/PowerToys · license MIT · fetched Oct 29, 2026

🔨 Utilities

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

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

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.

  • User scope installer (default)
winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget
  • Machine-wide scope installer
winget install --scope machine Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget

✨ What's new?

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

🛣️ Roadmap

For v0.103, we're working on a new Awake flyout, improving Screen Ruler, and continuing to modernize more utilities with WinUI 3.

❤️ PowerToys Community

The PowerToys team is extremely grateful to have the support of an amazing active community. 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) 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.

Privacy statement

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

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