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1 --- 2 title: Submit packages to Windows Package Manager 3 description: You can use Windows Package Manager as a distribution channel for software packages containing your applications. 4 ms.date: 04/29/2020 5 ms.topic: overview 6 ms.localizationpriority: medium 7 --- 8 9 # Submit packages to Windows Package Manager 10 11 ## Independent Software Vendor (ISV) or Publisher 12 13 If you are an ISV or Publisher, you can use Windows Package Manager as a distribution channel for software packages containing your applications. Windows Package Manager currently supports installers in the following formats: MSIX, MSI, and EXE. 14 15 To submit software packages to Windows Package Manager, follow these steps: 16 17 1. [Create a package manifest that provides information about your application](manifest.md). Manifests are YAML files that follow the Windows Package Manager schema. 18 2. [Submit your manifest to the Windows Package Manager repository](repository.md). This is an open source repository on GitHub that contains a collection of manifests that the **winget** tool can access. 19 20 ## Community Member 21 22 If you are a GitHub community member, you may also submit packages to Windows Package Manager following the steps above. 23 24 Optionally, you may also request help to have a package added to the [community repository](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs). To do so, create a new [Package Request/Submission](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/new/choose) Issue. 25 26 ## Related topics 27 28 * [Use the winget tool](../winget/index.md) 29 * [Create your package manifest](manifest.md) 30 * [Submit your manifest to the repository](repository.md)