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Winaero Tweaker

by Winaero · Freeware

100/100how this is calculated

Winaero Twеaker is essential software for every Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7 user. It allows you to customize the appearance and behavior of the operating system in a flexible way.

Record

Latest version
1.65.0.0
Release date
26 Feb 2026
Official page
https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
Package identifier
winaero.tweaker

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Winaero declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Winaero published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "winaerotweaker.zip" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "winaerotweaker.zip"

Expected output

9a57d26bb9aba3ed035d64d731aa0397a043d86b5db052292319ff715b54837f

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

How we scored this 100 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance2 on a domain owned by the publisherThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.35 / 35
Served over HTTPS2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 6 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredFreewareA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is Winaero Tweaker safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from winaerotweaker.com, which is a domain we have tied to Winaero.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 Winaero declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 100/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install Winaero Tweaker with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id winaero.tweaker --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id winaero.tweaker

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Every version on record1

Every Winaero Tweaker version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 1.65.0.0

More programs we index

Not related to Winaero Tweaker — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/w/winaero/tweaker/1.65.0.0