I've long through someone could do well to use Chocolatey as the source of truth for a ConfigMgr metadata stream. Chocolatey is the closest thing I know of but it's ConfigMgr integration isn't free/great. There's some crowd-sourced community efforts ( CMPackager, RuckZuck, Chocolatey) out there that have been mentioned here but none of them have any kind of critical mass to support 100s of apps. See side-by-side comparisons of product capabilities, customer experience, pros and cons, and reviewer demographics to find the best fit for your. Patch My PC has a rating of 4.9 stars with 101 reviews. Microsoft has a rating of 4.3 stars with 100 reviews. To say nothing of the initial app install which in many cases require some amount of customization/configuration. Based on verified reviews from real users in the market. Further complicating matters is that not every org is going to want apps packaged with the same options. ![]() It's populating that stream with app data that is a tireless, never ending, grind that takes a high level of skill to do right. The cold-hard reality is that delivering a stream of 3rd party update metadata isn't that hard. Yea, there's no real 'free' alternative here.
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