The Best 19 Nix Package Manager Alternatives

  • 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

    Integrated Search Flexible Filter search results
  • Homebrew icon

    Homebrew

    Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn't include with macOS.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • npm icon

    npm

    npm is a package manager for Node.js that is run through the command line and manages dependencies for an application. It is the predominant package manager for Node.js.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Bower icon

    Bower

    Bower is a package manager for the web. Bower lets you easily install assets such as images, CSS and JavaScript, and manages dependencies for you.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted Git Node.JS npm

  • pacman (package manager) icon

    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 icon

    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

  • aptitude icon

    aptitude

    aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for apt ( https://alternativein .

    Free Open Source Linux

  • MacPorts icon

    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

  • Advanced Package Tool icon

    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

  • RubyGems icon

    RubyGems

    RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about...

    Free Open Source Web

  • Fink icon

    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

  • ndm icon

    ndm

    ndm is a desktop GUI for npm that runs on Mac, Linux and Windows. With ndm you can manage npm, npm projects and npm packages with ease. See the official github for...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • YUM Package Manager icon

    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

  • RPM Package Manager icon

    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

  • NeoSetup Updater icon

    NeoSetup Updater

    NeoSetup is a brand new concept of application installer and updater for Windows. It detects updates quickly and installs them at a click of a button. It will perform...

    Freemium Windows

  • Mas CLI icon

    Mas CLI

    A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation. Each application in the Mac App Store has a product identifier which is...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • Alcatraz icon

    Alcatraz

    Alcatraz is an open-source package manager for Xcode. It lets you discover and install plugins, templates and color schemes without the need for manually cloning or...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Xcode

  • toast icon

    toast

    toast is a simple, self-contained tool for downloading, building, installing, cleanly uninstalling, and managing software packages. Unprivileged users can use it to...

    Free Open Source Linux