DailyWingetNotify

DailyWingetNotify is a small Windows 11 tray application that checks once per local day whether winget has updates available. The day boundary is 03:00 local time, so checks after midnight still count as the previous day until 03:00.

Features

• Runs only in the Windows taskbar notification area.
• Checks winget upgrade once per local day.
• Waits for recent local user input before showing automatic check notifications.
• Allows manual checks from the tray menu.
• Shows a notification when updates are available.
• Supports current-user autostart installation and removal.
• Publishes as a .NET 10 Native AOT single-file executable.

Requirements

• Windows 11
• .NET 10 SDK for development
• Windows Package Manager (winget) available on the target machine

Usage

Start DailyWingetNotify.exe. The application adds an icon to the Windows notification area and does not open a main window.

The tray context menu contains:

• Check now: immediately checks for available updates.
• Install Autostart / Remove Autostart: toggles current-user startup registration.
• About: shows release version and license information.
• Exit: closes the application.

Build

dotnet build .\src\DailyWingetNotify\DailyWingetNotify.csproj -c Release

Publish

dotnet publish .\src\DailyWingetNotify\DailyWingetNotify.csproj -c Release -r win-x64

The publish output is written to:

src\DailyWingetNotify\bin\Release\net10.0-windows\win-x64\publish

GitHub Actions

The repository contains GitHub Actions workflows for CI builds and releases:

• Build runs on pushes, pull requests, and manual dispatch. It builds the project and packages the Windows x64 Native AOT executable.
• Release runs for tags matching v* or by manual dispatch with a tag name. It validates that the tag follows Semantic Versioning, publishes the Native AOT executable, generates GitHub release notes, and uploads DailyWingetNotify-win-x64.zip as the release asset.

Create a release from GitHub by pushing a SemVer tag with a leading v:

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

Prereleases use normal SemVer prerelease tags, for example v1.1.0-rc.1. Keep pull request titles and labels clear because GitHub uses them to generate release notes.

Data

DailyWingetNotify stores its small state file in:

%LocalAppData%\DailyWingetNotify\state.json

Autostart is registered under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run