Neowin covered the update on October 10. The release itself landed earlier: GitHub shows that github-actions released v2026.3.1 on 08 Oct 18:47, and the official Devolutions release notes list it under October 8, 2026. In the project's GitHub record, the tag points to commit 9bfbe4b, which GitHub marks as signed with its verified signature.
What UniGetUI is, briefly
If you're new to it, Neowin describes UniGetUI as an app whose main goal is to create an intuitive GUI for the most common CLI package managers for Windows 10 and Windows 11, such as Winget, Scoop and Chocolatey. The project README calls it Windows-first and notes that builds also exist for macOS and Linux. On Windows it handles WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, Windows PowerShell, PowerShell 7, npm, Bun, pip, Cargo, .NET Tool and vcpkg.
Devolutions now maintains the project, which was created by Martí Climent. The README says it is still free, open source and MIT-licensed. The README also has a caution worth repeating: the only official locations are the Devolutions GitHub repository and the UniGetUI page on Devolutions' website. It specifically names lookalike "wingetui" and "unigetui" dot-com domains as fake third-party sites. For a tool that installs software on your machine, that matters.
In short: this is a point release, but it adds real features as well as fixes.
New features
A terminal UI and a uniget launcher
This is the biggest change. According to the release notes, you can run uniget tui to manage packages from a terminal, using the same settings and history as the desktop app. If you want to try it first, a demo mode (--fake-data) lets you try it without changing anything on your computer.
The release also added a uniget command-line launcher on Windows, Linux and macOS. The Windows installer has a new optional Add to PATH option. NT Compatible pointed out that the terminal UI is not a separate install with its own profile. It's the same configuration, just rendered in a terminal.
One caveat. The release notes call this a new way to manage packages from a terminal. They don't say the TUI does everything the desktop app does, so expect it to sit alongside the desktop app rather than replace it.
To try it on Windows:
- Update to 2026.3.1, or reinstall with the Windows installer and tick the optional Add to PATH box.
- Open a new Windows Terminal or PowerShell window so it picks up the updated PATH.
- Run
uniget tui --fake-datato look around in demo mode without changing anything. - When you're ready to manage real packages, run
uniget tui.
If Windows says uniget isn't recognized, the PATH option probably wasn't selected during install, or your shell session started before the change.
Devolutions Agent policy editor (Windows only)
For organizations running Devolutions Agent, the update added a package policy editor for Devolutions Agent (Windows only). Package broker requests are now checked against the Agent's rules before they're sent. This is a control for Agent deployments only. It isn't a general policy system for every UniGetUI install, and it doesn't exist on macOS or Linux.
Smaller workflow additions
- Scoped searches: You can now choose which package managers a Discover search uses. If you've ever searched for "python" and gotten a page of pip, npm and WinGet results all at once, this helps.
- Download size column: Added an optional download size column to package lists.
- Restart awareness: UniGetUI now tells you when a package needs a restart to finish, and you can restart from the app.
- Queue priority: Installs, updates and uninstalls that you start yourself now run before automatic updates waiting in the queue. You no longer have to wait behind a dozen background updates to install one app.
- Local and network feeds: Added support for NuGet and Chocolatey sources that are local folders or network shares. This mainly helps admins who host internal package repositories. The change covers NuGet and Chocolatey only, not every package manager.
Improvements
- Installer downloads: you can now set a default folder, see a progress bar with size and speed, and files already on disk are skipped. The notes don't explain how the app decides a file is "already on disk."
- WinGet "app is running" failures: When a WinGet install fails because the app is still running, UniGetUI offers to close the app and retry. It asks first. It doesn't close apps automatically.
- Bundle import security report: The report has been redesigned, and findings are ranked by risk, and you're asked to confirm before importing a bundle with high-risk findings. High-risk bundles still aren't blocked; you get a warning and decide. This is not a security advisory, and no vulnerability was disclosed.
- Accessibility: The keyboard and screen readers now work with hyperlinks, toggle switches and the sidebar More menu. That comes from the project's own release notes. No independent accessibility audit is cited.
- Interface polish: Compact operation cards are back, along with improvements to scrolling, animations, contrast and text wrapping. Italian and Simplified Chinese translations were also updated.
Bug fixes worth checking
If you updated to 2026.2.7 and some updates seemed to disappear, this release is for you. It fixed WinGet updates going missing after upgrading from 2026.2.7, and updates targeting the wrong package ID. Other fixes in the changelog:
- "Updates" that were the same as, or older than, the installed version.
- Missing Scoop updates caused by cut-off package IDs and versions.
- Several PowerShell module install, update and uninstall failures.
- Pip update checks, which no longer need Python network access and now work through the Agent broker.
- Several UAC prompts appearing when "Ask for administrator privileges once for each batch" was on.
- Self-update on system-wide installs, and cargo-binstall self-updates on Windows.
- A crash when opening "Available Updates" from the tray icon.
- A "Loading packages" animation that got stuck, and package selections that reset when a list reloaded.
- Window resizing with hardware video acceleration turned off, and taps on settings cards counting as clicks while scrolling on touch screens.
- Portable mode still writing Pinget files to
%APPDATA%. - Crashes on macOS and Linux caused by Windows-only commands.
These are listed as fixes for specific situations. Most users won't have run into all of them.
How it compares with 2026.3.0
According to GitHub's release history, 2026.3.0 came out on September 15, 2026. That was a larger feature release: scheduled maintenance, per-package automatic updates, full portable support, expanded shortcut management, and PowerShell hardening against command injection. NT Compatible summed up 2026.3.1 by saying "where 2026.3.0 leaned hard into administration and automation, this release pivots." Warp2Search described it as "a small, responsive update that leans toward reach and reliability".
Overall, the earlier release added admin and automation features, and this one fixes the problems that came with them and makes the app usable from a terminal.
How to update
UniGetUI has a built-in auto-updater. According to the README, it can also update itself like any other package when it was installed through WinGet, Scoop or Chocolatey. The winstall catalog lists Version 2026.3.1(latest) under the package ID Devolutions.UniGetUI. The README's install command is:
winget install --exact --id Devolutions.UniGetUI --source winget
If you already have it through WinGet, run winget upgrade --id Devolutions.UniGetUI. GitHub has installers and ZIP builds for x64 and ARM64. Note that the ZIP builds don't need an installer but still store settings in your user profile by default. Keeping data next to the executable requires the separate "portable mode." Neowin's listing gives approximate download sizes, but the official release has 25 assets across several architectures, so download sizes depend on which build you choose.
The bottom line
UniGetUI 2026.3.1 brings a useful terminal mode with a safe demo option. It also fixes the post-2026.2.7 WinGet update problems and adds a few features admins have been asking for: network-share feeds, Agent policy enforcement, and a confirmation step before importing high-risk bundles. If you rely on WinGet updates in UniGetUI, especially after the 2026.2.7 upgrade, it's worth installing now.