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Patch Maker is a tool designed to create small, efficient software updates.
$ winget install --id Clickteam.PatchMaker --exact --version 1.3bRun in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
For Intune admins
Automated application patching for Microsoft Intune. Pckgr keeps a curated library of 1,000+ apps continuously up-to-date in your tenant via Microsoft Graph — no manual repackaging, no chasing vendor sites.
See Pckgr's app libraryNeed to create small and efficient updates/patches to your program?
The life of a software product is usually marked by the release of different
versions. One version differs from the previous one by a small number of
changes. Some sections of code in the executable files are different, new files
may be added, some even deleted. What the author of the product usually does is
provide a whole new version of the files either as a new reinstallable product
or just the modified files, compressed into an installer.
The above procedure is very wasteful though. For example, if a file of 1
megabyte has only had say 10 kilobytes altered inside it, then why create an
update patch that requires the full 1 megabyte? It would be far more efficient
if just the altered data was stored. This is the purpose of Patch Maker, as it
saves a huge amount of bytes by storing just the differences between files and
even compressing this data.
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Install | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x86 | exe | machine | Direct |
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
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