The Best 23 Homebrew Alternatives

  • Ninite icon

    Ninite

    Ninite is the easiest way to install software. Pick the apps you want, and the Ninite installer will download and install all of your selected apps at once, automatically.

    Freemium Windows

  • Synaptic icon

    Synaptic

    Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+. * Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages.

    Free Open Source Linux Xfce Debian

  • pacman (package manager)

    the pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of arch linux . it combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system.

    Free Open Source Linux Arch Linux

  • Mac App Store

    The Mac App Store is the best place to find apps for Mac. No more boxes, no more disks, no more time-consuming installation. Just like the App Store for iPhone and iPad, click once to download and install any app on your Mac.

    Free Mac OS X

  • MacPorts

    The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Just Install

    just-install - the stupid package installer for windows. chocolatey , ninite , npackd are way too slow, bloated and difficult to extend. i needed a no-frills solution to install stuff on windows machines, here it is.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Advanced Package Tool

    Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • scoop

    A command-line installer for Windows.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Nix Package Manager

    Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

  • Fink

    What is Fink? Fink is a project that wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. As a result, we have two main goals. First, to...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • YUM Package Manager

    Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Cakebrew

    Cakebrew is the most convenient way to use Homebrew for your daily tasks! It does for Homebrew what Synaptics does to Linux package managers. From the Cakebrew UI, you...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • GNOME Software

    A application for installing apps and updates.

    Free Open Source Linux Advanced Package Tool

  • RPM Package Manager

    The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Silent Install Builder

    The Silent Install Builder is a great tool if you need to quickly install a set of software on a multiple computers.

    Commercial Windows

  • Silent Install Helper

    Silent Install Helper determines the type of installation package and allows you to install programs in "silent" mode (without user intervention). Supported...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Rudix

    Rudix is a package-based, user-friendly way to extend the Unix portion of Mac OS X with additional network utilities, computer languages, development libraries, text...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Linuxbrew

    Linuxbrew is a fork of Homebrew, the macOS package manager, for Linux. It can be installed in your home directory and does not require root access. The same package...

    Free Open Source Linux