Get from Microsoft Store
Open Microsoft Store on your Windows 10/Windows 11 and look for “MSIX Hero”. Alternatively, press the button below to go directly to the download page.
Get from Winget package manager
Install MSIX Hero with winget – the official Windows Package Manager. To install, execute the following command in a terminal of your choice:
winget install msixhero
Download MSIX with auto-updates
Download once, be always up-to-date thanks to built-in Windows update capabilities.
Download MSIX for individual deployment
Download MSIX file for sideloading, provisioning, app attach and/or manual installation.
Current stable version: 3.0.0
Released on: 29.10.2022
Older versions are available here:
See all announcements
Preview builds:
https://msixhero.net/beta
Unstable nightly builds from CI
See on Appveyor
System requirements
- Windows 10 1809 or newer
- .NET: 6.0 (download from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0)
Admin rights?
This app generally does not require administrative permissions and can be installed and started by a normal user. Certain functions (for example installation or uninstallation per-machine) may require local admin permissions though. If this is the case MSIX Hero shows UAC prompt as soon as it needs admin rights. If you start MSIX Hero as administrator, no additional UAC prompts will be shown during the runtime.
Privacy and security?
This app is virus-free and really does only what it promises to do. It does not have any kind of telemetry or any unjustified communication with internet. There are just three cases when an internet call is made by MSIX Hero: (1) checking for the most recent version available (which can be triggered only manually by the user, there is no automatic check done by the app), (2) attaching timestamp to signed packages (if timestamp server is configured), in which case signtool.exe contacts a timestamp server configured by the user and (3) getting the list of accessible timestamps from a public gist. Note that Windows 10 may do extra stuff on its own (general telemetry and reporting, app installer update checking, Defender signatures update etc.) but they belong to Windows 10 and are not a part of MSIX Hero.
All binary files and MSIX packages are digitially signed to prevent tampering.
License
- Freeware (source code available on GNU GPL) for both personal and commercial usage (click to see the license terms)