{"id":424463,"date":"2026-01-23T06:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424463\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:19:09","slug":"winapp-is-microsofts-new-command-line-utility-for-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424463\/","title":{"rendered":"Winapp is Microsoft\u2019s new command line utility for developers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Jan 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Winapp is Microsoft\u2019s new command line utility for developers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is releasing Windows App Development CLI (winapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrott.com\/dev\/331955\/microsoft-announces-a-command-line-utility-for-windows-app-developers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in public preview<\/a> today. The open-source utility is aimed at Windows app developers, to make it easier to work across multiple frameworks and toolchains. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/WinAppCli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft says<\/a> it\u2019s perfect for any developer \u201cwanting native Windows features or targeting Windows.\u201d And don\u2019t worry, no matter how many times you say winapp, it won\u2019t whip the llama\u2019s ass.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kqz8fh1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/winapp.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"915\" data-pswp-width=\"1372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/winapp.png\"\/><\/a>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Tom WarrenClose<img alt=\"Tom Warren\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769149149_714_Tom_BLURPLE.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Warren<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/tom-warren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All by Tom Warren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MicrosoftClose<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/microsoft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NewsClose<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TechClose<\/p>\n<p>Tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WindowsClose<\/p>\n<p>Windows<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/microsoft-windows\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Windows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted Jan 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC Winapp is Microsoft\u2019s new command line utility for developers. 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