WPKG
The facts below are what the maker publishes about WPKG, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from WPKG's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Background installs
- It can run as a service and install software silently without user interaction.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Client service
- WPKG Client provides a service that automatically runs WPKG when a machine starts and a graphical interface for configuring it.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Custom administration
- Custom scripts can synchronize time, set printers, change permissions, add registry entries, and change Windows settings.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Custom scripts
- It can run workstation scripts to set printers, synchronize time, change permissions, add registry entries, and change Windows settings.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- It pushes or pulls software packages from a central server such as Samba or Active Directory to workstations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Environments
- WPKG can run in a domain, workgroup, over the Internet, or over a VPN without a domain controller.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Installer formats
- It supports MSI, EXE, InstallShield, Inno Setup, Nullsoft, batch files, and similar installers or scripts without repackaging.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Installers
- It supports MSI, EXE, InstallShield, Inno Setup, Nullsoft, batch and command scripts, and other installer formats.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- WPKG can keep an inventory of software installed on Windows workstations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- License
- WPKG is open source software distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).checked 3 Oct 2026
- Operating modes
- WPKG can work in a domain, workgroup, over the Internet, or over VPN without a domain controller.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Package management
- It can install, upgrade, downgrade, remove, and download packages through configured actions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- WPKG automates software deployment, upgrades, and removal for Windows workstations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Release status
- The download page labels WPKG 1.3.1, dated 14-May-2014, as the latest stable release.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security configuration
- The screenshots page says the client execution context defaults to SYSTEM and calls that a recommended and secure setting; it also warns that installation scripts may need administrative privileges.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Server compatibility
- The overview says WPKG works with Linux using Samba, Windows servers, or other systems supporting Windows Network Neighborhood.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Software inventory
- WPKG can keep an inventory of software installed on Windows workstations.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project provides announcement and user mailing lists and directs bug reports and feature requests to its bug tracker.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Targeting
- It can deploy software to groups of computers or individual workstations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- The download page describes wpkgExpress as a web interface with package imports and a GUI, and marks the older WPKG Web Interface as deprecated.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Client platforms
- The download page offers WPKG Client 1.3.14 installers for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Download platforms
- The download page lists WPKG Client 1.3.14 installers for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.checked 2 Oct 2026
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