Deploy FocusWriter to Microsoft Intune
Graeme GottWindowsversion 1.9.1, 23 July 2026
FocusWriter is in the PatchBee catalog as a Windows app from Graeme Gott, synced from the Windows Package Manager community repository (winget). Pick it in the App Library and PatchBee writes the deployment plan below, builds the package, publishes it to your Intune tenant and assigns it to the Entra groups you choose. New versions then follow through your update rings.
Install from the command line
winget install --id GottCode.FocusWriter -e --silentPatchBee runs the same silent install of FocusWriter for you in Intune: the installer winget points at, verified, packaged with the switches and detection rule below, and published to your tenant.
The plan PatchBee writes
FocusWriter as an Intune app
The standard form for a NSIS (x64, per machine). The real plan is generated from the installer when you package, and shown in full before anything is published; every field can be changed.
- Intune app type
- Windows app (Win32), .intunewin
- Install
- "FocusWriter.exe" /S
- Uninstall
- "uninstall.exe" /S
- Detection
- Registry: the NSIS uninstall key. Uninstall key FocusWriter, DisplayVersion 1.9.1 or newer.
- Requirements
- x64 · per machine
Why these values: silent install switches and detection rules, explained.
Installers in version 1.9.1
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | NSIS | per machine | SHA-256 published |
PatchBee downloads the installer from the publisher's own URL and verifies its SHA-256 against the catalog before packaging. "None published" means the source carries no hash for this download, so that check has nothing to compare against; packaging still works.
About FocusWriter
FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment.
It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.
It’s available for Linux and Windows, and has been translated into many different languages.
- Publisher
- Graeme Gott
- Homepage
- gottcode.org/focuswriter
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Source
- winget · GottCode.FocusWriter
- Versions in catalog
- 10
How this becomes an app in your tenant
Sign in with your Microsoft work account and connect your Intune tenant once. Find FocusWriter in the App Library, open its plan (the commands, detection rule and requirements above, editable) and publish: PatchBee downloads and verifies the installer, builds the package, creates the Intune app and assigns your groups. When Graeme Gott ships a new version, PatchBee detects it and rolls it out through your rings, with supersedence and rollback.
Read the step-by-step guideMore Windows apps
Catalog data as of 11 October 2026, from the Windows Package Manager community repository (winget). The product re-reads the source every night and plans against the live catalog, so the version here may already be one behind. Nothing is published to a tenant without an administrator approving the plan.