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Scoop vs Ninite: catalog facts
Scoop	Ninite
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium The home installer is free. Ninite Pro, for managing many machines, is paid.
Windows, Command line	Windows
No UAC prompts and no registry clutter; everything lives under your profile Buckets and manifests make private or niche application sets easy to publish	Declines bundled junk and installs everything without a single prompt Re-running the installer updates the whole set
Applications that genuinely need a system installer are out of scope Manifests are community-maintained and occasionally lag upstream releases	The application list is fixed; you cannot add your own Automatic scheduled updating is part of the paid Ninite Pro
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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