Question What is the Dev Home app, do I need it?

[WinSoft]

All of my Windows 11 PCs have 23H2 with the latest updates. I note that Dev Home appears on some of the systems, but not all of them. What is this app and do I need it installed? Does anyone have a link to it in the Microsoft Store in the UK?

 

[Colif]

Are you on Insiders?

Dev Home for Windows Developers

Dev Home is a new control center for Windows providing the ability to track your workflows and coding tasks using customizable widgets, set up your dev environment, connect to your developer accounts and tools (such as GitHub), and install apps and packages all in one place.

learn.microsoft.com

I don't think you need it.
this shows how to remove it - https://www.elevenforum.com/t/uninstall-or-reinstall-dev-home-app-in-windows-11.18397/

 

[WinSoft]

Are you on Insiders?

Dev Home for Windows Developers

Dev Home is a new control center for Windows providing the ability to track your workflows and coding tasks using customizable widgets, set up your dev environment, connect to your developer accounts and tools (such as GitHub), and install apps and packages all in one place.

learn.microsoft.com

I don't think you need it.
this shows how to remove it - https://www.elevenforum.com/t/uninstall-or-reinstall-dev-home-app-in-windows-11.18397/

Nah I'm not an insider, thank you again for helping me.

 

[Colif]

seems I have it as well, it was loaded via the Microsoft store. No idea why everyone is getting it.

looks like something that should be an extra, not installed on every win 11 PC - https://www.windowscentral.com/soft...d-with-dev-home-app-on-windows-11-2023-update

 

[WinSoft]

seems I have it as well, it was loaded via the Microsoft store. No idea why everyone is getting it.

looks like something that should be an extra, not installed on every win 11 PC - https://www.windowscentral.com/soft...d-with-dev-home-app-on-windows-11-2023-update

yeah it's odd isn't it? two of my pcs have it and the other two don't.

 

[Colif]

It could be they doing it in stages. If you ran Windows store on one of the PC without it, and click on the library tab on the left it could update and load them. But its not like you need it. Unless you are a dev.

 

[WinSoft]

It could be they doing it in stages. If you ran Windows store on one of the PC without it, and click on the library tab on the left it could update and load them. But its not like you need it. Unless you are a dev.

yeah that's true, I'm not a developer. Can barely work a PC lol. Thanks again for your help.