Enhanced applications with automation-powered quality assurance

Alternative Scoop bucket featuring carefully curated applications with enhanced functionality, customized configurations, and automated quality-of-life improvements. Every package is maintained through a sophisticated Python automation system that ensures reliability and freshness.

scoop bucket add danalec_scoop-alts https://github.com/danalec/scoop-alts

scoop install danalec_scoop-alts/ungoogled-chromium

Install Ungoogled Chromium with Widevine:

scoop install danalec_scoop-alts/ungoogled-chromium

For the full guide (persist, default‑browser setup, migration, clean uninstall, and verification), see:

docs/ungoogled-chromium.md

For a centralized documentation index, see: docs/index.md

Online: https://github.com/danalec/scoop-alts/tree/main/bucket

Locally (after adding the bucket):

Get-ChildItem "$env:SCOOP\\buckets\\danalec_scoop-alts\\bucket\\*.json" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty BaseName

Some packages in this bucket use Scoop’s persist to keep app data across updates and standard uninstalls. Use the --purge flag to remove those data folders during uninstall.

• Windhawk
  • Persisted path: %USERPROFILE%\scoop\persist\windhawk\windhawk\AppData
  • Clean uninstall (remove settings/mods):

    scoop uninstall windhawk --purge

  • Verify the junction (optional):

    Get-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\scoop\apps\windhawk\current\windhawk\AppData" | Format-List *

    LinkType should be Junction and Target should point to the persist path above.

• Confirm the app files and shim are removed:
  • App directory removed:
    • %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\ungoogled-chromium\current\
  • Shim no longer resolves:
    • PowerShell: Get-Command chrome (should report not found)
• Confirm persisted data is removed when using --purge:
  • Directory removed:
    • %USERPROFILE%\scoop\persist\ungoogled-chromium\User Data\
  • In the app directory, there should be no junction pointing to "User Data" (the whole app directory is gone after uninstall)
• Registry sanity checks after cleanup:
  • HKCU\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Chromium — removed
  • HKCU\Software\Classes\ChromiumHTML — removed
  • HKCU\Software\RegisteredApplications — value named "Chromium" — removed
  • HKCU\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command — restored or no override to the Scoop path
  • HKCU\Software\Classes\https\shell\open\command — restored or no override to the Scoop path
  • If associations look broken, open Windows Default Apps and reselect your default browser.

• ungoogled-chromium
  • Persist path: %USERPROFILE%\scoop\persist\ungoogled-chromium\User Data
  • Purge command: scoop uninstall ungoogled-chromium --purge
  • Notes: Profile data is intentionally persisted. The uninstaller prompts for default‑browser registry cleanup and will restore http/https handlers from a backup if you opted-in to override them.
• windhawk
  • Persist path: %USERPROFILE%\scoop\persist\windhawk\windhawk\AppData
  • Purge command: scoop uninstall windhawk --purge
  • Optional: Verify junctions with Get-ChildItem $env:USERPROFILE\scoop\apps\windhawk\current -Force | Where-Object {$_.LinkType}

This bucket features automated package maintenance powered by a Python automation system that ensures packages stay up-to-date and reliable:

Complete automation framework available for creating your own automated Scoop buckets:

• AUTOMATION-GUIDE.md: Setup and usage documentation
• AUTOMATION-SCRIPTS-DOCUMENTATION.md: Technical reference

This repository includes a complete automation framework for maintaining Scoop buckets:

# Quick setup
git clone https://github.com/danalec/scoop-alts
cd scoop-alts
pip install -r scripts/requirements-automation.txt

# Interactive wizard (no JSON editing required!)
python scripts/automate-scoop.py wizard

See AUTOMATION-GUIDE.md for complete setup and usage documentation.

Run all updates (parallel by default):

python scripts/update-all.py

Common flags:

python scripts/update-all.py --workers 6
python scripts/update-all.py --sequential --delay 0.5
python scripts/update-all.py --fast
python scripts/update-all.py --retry 2
python scripts/update-all.py --structured-output
python scripts/update-all.py --http-cache --http-cache-ttl 1800

• 🐛 Report Issues: Found a problem? Open an issue!
• 💡 Request Packages: Suggest new software to include
• ⭐ Star the Repo: Help others discover this bucket

• 🔧 Improve Automation: Enhance the Python scripts
• 📦 Add Packages: Contribute new software configurations
• 🧪 Testing: Help improve validation and testing
• 📚 Documentation: Improve guides and examples

See AUTOMATION-GUIDE.md for detailed contribution instructions.

BSD-3-Clause - See LICENSE file for details.