One Command to Rule AI: Set Up ChatGPT, Claude, and Ollama on Windows 11 in Minutes

Windows 11 users can now install a full-fledged AI workstation—packed with desktop clients for ChatGPT, Claude, Ollama, and six other popular tools—by running just one command in Windows Terminal. The single-line WinGet command, shared recently on WindowsForum, flattens what was once a tedious multi-app download task into a fire-and-forget process that completes in minutes.

It’s the kind of shortcut that shifts what a Windows PC can become. Instead of searching for installers, skipping adware screens, and hand-tuning paths, you open Terminal, paste a command, and walk away. When it’s done, you have a ready-to-use local AI lab that spans language models, coding assistants, image upscalers, and self-hosted web interfaces—all managed by Windows’ native package manager.

What the One-Line Command Actually Installs

The single WinGet command chains together nine separate app identifiers, pulling each package from the community-managed winget repository. Here’s exactly what lands on your system:

The full command looks like this (administrative Terminal required):

winget install -e --id OpenAI.ChatGPT --id Anthropic.Claude --id Ollama.Ollama --id LMStudio.LMStudio --id Jan.App --id PerplexityAI.Perplexity --id Anysphere.Cursor --id OpenWebUI.OpenWebUI --id Upscayl.Upscayl --accept-source-agreements

No separate downloads, no configuration files to hunt down, no “next-next-finish” marathons. WinGet handles silent installation of each app from the official publishers or trusted community sources.

Why This Matters for You—No Matter Who You Are

For Home Users: An AI Toolbox That Just Works

If you’ve been curious about running AI models locally or want a cleaner way to access ChatGPT alongside a local model runner, this command is the lowest-friction entry point. You don’t need to know what Ollama is or how to set environment variables. Run the command, and you get:

• ChatGPT and Claude on your desktop, ready for everyday questions.
• Perplexity for web-aware AI searches.
• Ollama and LM Studio to experiment with local models like Llama 3, Mistral, or Phi-3 without touching a terminal.
• Jan, which gives a clean offline chat experience that respects your privacy.
• Open WebUI, so you can access your local models from a browser exactly like ChatGPT’s web interface—only everything runs on your machine.
• Upscayl, to instantly upscale old photos or digital art with AI.

You won’t become an AI engineer overnight, but you’ll have a complete home lab that exposes you to the current state of desktop AI, from cloud giants to offline tinkerer tools.

For Power Users and Developers: Accelerate Your Workflow

Developers and IT pros get an even bigger payoff. Instead of cobbling together an AI development stack over an afternoon, one command gives you:

• Two local model runtimes (Ollama and LM Studio) with GPU acceleration ready. You can pull llama3:8b or mistral immediately and start hacking.
• Open WebUI, which you can point at your Ollama server to get a ChatGPT-style frontend for your own models—great for demos or internal tools.
• Cursor, the AI-powered IDE that integrates Claude and GPT directly into your coding workflow for faster prototyping and debugging.
• Jan as an alternative offline client if you prefer a desktop-native interface.

The time saved is substantial. What used to require reading docs, configuring APIs, and troubleshooting GPU drivers is now a single command—post-install, you just launch the tool you need.

For IT Administrators: Deployment at Scale

WinGet’s real superpower isn’t just interactive installs; it’s scriptability. If you manage a fleet of Windows 11 machines, you can push this same AI toolkit via Group Policy, Intune, or any configuration management tool that can invoke winget install with a predefined list of package IDs. That means you can roll out a standardized AI workstation profile to data scientists, developers, or any employee who needs quick access to AI tools without manually touching each computer.

How We Got Here: WinGet, Community Manifests, and the AI Gold Rush

WinGet—Microsoft’s open-source package manager—launched in 2020 and has since grown into a reliable backbone for software discovery on Windows. By version 1.6, it supported install, uninstall, upgrade, and export commands, with thousands of community‑submitted manifests in the winget‑pkgs repository. That community curation is what makes today’s one‑line AI command possible: every app in the list has a maintained manifest that defines its installer, silent switches, and hash verification.

The AI tool landscape itself matured in parallel. In 2023, local model runners like Ollama and LM Studio gained traction, while desktop wrappers for cloud models (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) appeared in Microsoft Store and standalone installers. By mid-2024, open‑source projects like Jan and Open WebUI provided polished offline and self‑hosted experiences. All these apps independently found their way into the winget repository, but it took a community member—shared on WindowsForum—to collate them into a single, comprehensive setup list.

That convergence isn’t accidental. Microsoft has increasingly positioned Windows as a developer‑first platform, with WSL, Dev Home, and WinGet forming the tool‑chain. The company now includes WinGet by default in Windows 11 (with automatic updates via the Microsoft Store), so the infrastructure is already present on most machines. The community simply connected the dots.

What to Do Right Now: Step-by-Step Setup

If you’re on Windows 11 (any edition, Home through Enterprise), you can have all nine AI apps installed in under five minutes. Follow these steps:

1. Open Windows Terminal as Administrator
   Right‑click the Start button and select “Terminal (Admin).” Powershell or Command Prompt both work; the winget command functions identically.

2. Update WinGet (Optional but Recommended)
   Microsoft updates winget through the Store, but to be sure you have the latest, run:
   powershell winget upgrade
   If winget itself has an update, install it. The current stable release as of 2024 is 1.7 or later.

3. Run the One‑Line Command
   Paste the full command below and press Enter. The --accept-source-agreements flag suppresses per‑app license prompts.
   powershell winget install -e --id OpenAI.ChatGPT --id Anthropic.Claude --id Ollama.Ollama --id LMStudio.LMStudio --id Jan.App --id PerplexityAI.Perplexity --id Anysphere.Cursor --id OpenWebUI.OpenWebUI --id Upscayl.Upscayl --accept-source-agreements
   Download sizes vary—LM Studio and Ollama pull the most data because they include runtime components—so expect several hundred megabytes total. On a fast connection, the entire batch finishes in two to three minutes.

4. Verify Your AI Toolbox
   After completion, find the new apps on the Start menu. Launch each one briefly to complete any first‑run setup (for example, downloading a local model inside Ollama or signing into a ChatGPT account).

5. Optional: Export Your Own Configuration
   Once you have a set you like, you can export your installed packages to a JSON file for backup or deployment:
   powershell winget export -o ai-workstation.json
   Later, on another machine, run winget import -i ai-workstation.json --accept-source-agreements to replicate the exact setup.

What’s Next? The Outlook for One‑Click AI on Windows

This community‑curated shortcut is a glimpse of where Windows is heading. Microsoft recently introduced “Dev Home” with machine‑level configuration files that could one day bundle applications, environment variables, and even WSL distros into a single setup. Combine that with WinGet’s growing catalog, and the idea of a “Windows AI Workstation” pre‑configured during OOBE (out‑of‑box experience) isn’t far‑fetched.

More immediately, expect the list of AI tools on winget to grow. Projects like AnythingLLM, LocalAI, and GPT4All already exist, and as they mature, they’ll appear as community manifests. The community that shared this nine‑app command will likely iterate—adding automatic model downloads, GPU driver checks, or unified launcher scripts.

For now, the one‑line command is a practical example of what’s possible when an open package manager meets a thriving community. It transforms a Windows 11 PC into an AI workbench faster than most users can brew coffee—and that’s a story worth telling.