---
title: XWare
layout: program
custicon: false
iconurl: https://cdn.ncxprogramming.com/file/icon/xware.png
author: NinjaCheetah
platform: Windows
links:
 - name: View Source
   link: https://github.com/NinjaCheetah/NCX-XWare
 - name: Releases
   link: https://github.com/NinjaCheetah/NCX-XWare/releases
---

<h3>About</h3>
<p>XWare is our small programs that can be downloaded in NCX-Core and are meant to interact with it in some way.</p>
<h3>How do I install XWare programs?</h3>
<p><u>Method 1 (Recommended)</u></p>
<p>Go to the XWare page in NCX-Core, choose a program, and click the download button. It will be automatically installed by NCX-Core.</p>
<p><u>Method 2</u></p>
<p>You can also download the .zip archive for a given program (either from the top of the page or from GitHub) and extract it.</p>
<h3>Available Programs</h3>
<p>The current XWare programs are:</p>
<p>NCX-News+, an app to read full news updates about NCX software, all written by <a href="/members/ianskinner1982">IanSkinner1982</a>.</p>
<p>NCX-Core Updater, an app to update NCX-Core to the newest release or beta version.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>You will need a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or newer with the .NET 5.0 Runtime installed. (You can download that from <a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/">here</a>.)</p>