Raven 1.0.1.7 Stable Portable

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9 July 2026, 17:22

Raven is a modern, native Windows application that serves as a fully-featured alternative to the Microsoft Store. It can do everything the official store does — search, download, install, and update apps — while also adding powerful capabilities like sideloading external UWP/MSIX packages, exporting Store apps for offline use, and bandwidth-saving delta downloads.

Built with WinUI 3 and .NET 10, Raven delivers a clean, fluent UI that feels right at home on Windows 10 and 11.

Features

🔍 Search & Browse

Store Search — search the Microsoft Store catalog directly from the title bar with real-time auto-suggest (including app icons and titles).
Advanced Search — filter and query apps with more granular control over results.
App Details — full app detail pages with descriptions, screenshots, version info, and dependency listings.
Market & Language Selection — browse the Store as it appears in any region/language combination.

⬇️ Downloads & Export

Download Store Apps — download any app package directly from Microsoft's CDN for offline installation or archival.
Delta Downloads — save bandwidth with intelligent block-level delta downloads. Only changed blocks are fetched using BlockMap diffing, drastically reducing download sizes for updates.
Export Packages — download
```
.appx
```
,
```
.msix
```
,
```
.appxbundle
```
, and
```
.msixbundle
```
files for external use, backup, or redistribution to other machines.
Download Manager — a full download queue with progress tracking, pause/resume, and status animations.

📦 Install & Sideload

Install Store Apps — install downloaded packages directly, just like the Microsoft Store.
Sideload External Packages — install
```
.appx
```
,
```
.msix
```
,
```
.appxbundle
```
, or
```
.msixbundle
```
files from anywhere — not just the Store. Drag-and-drop or browse to select.
Dependency Resolution — automatic detection and installation of required framework dependencies.
Force Install — option to forcibly reinstall or downgrade packages when a newer version is already present.

🔄 Updates

Update Checking — scans all installed Store-signed packaged apps and compares them against the latest available versions.
Delta Updates — applies block-level differential updates to minimize download sizes.
Batch & Individual Updates — update all apps at once or pick and choose which ones to update.
Version Comparison — intelligently determines the latest available version per architecture and OS build.

⚙️ General

Unpackaged Deployment — runs as a standalone
```
.exe
```
without requiring MSIX packaging or Windows App Installer.
Theme Support — light, dark, and system-default themes with seamless switching.
Structured Logging — separate log files for runtime events, installations, and crashes via Serilog.
Localization-Ready — UI strings use a resource-based localization system (
```
x:Uid
```
).
Self-Update Check — checks GitHub for newer releases of Raven itself.

Screenshots