Chocolatey Alternatives for Mac

Chocolatey is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is UniGetUI, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Chocolatey and 15 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Chocolatey are Homebrew, Nix Package Manager, Zero Install and Homebrew Cask.

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Chocolatey alternatives are mainly Software Installers, but if you're looking for Package Managers or Software Updaters you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Open Source, Linux, Mac and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Chocolatey.
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  1. UniGetUI icon

    UniGetUI

     191 likes

    Intuitive interface for managing software on Windows through WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, Pip, Npm, .NET Tool, and PowerShell Gallery. Offers bulk install, detailed metadata, custom options, auto-updates, tray notifications, filtering, backups, and restore features.

    35 UniGetUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • CA flagCanada
    UniGetUI screenshot 1
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  4. Nix Package Manager icon

    Nix Package Manager

     30 likes

    Nix is a powerful package manager for macOS, Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup...

    59 Nix Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Zero Install icon

    Zero Install

     36 likes

    Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Other features include full support for shared libraries, sharing between users, and integration with native platform package managers.

    31 Zero Install alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Zero Install screenshot 1
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  6. Homebrew Cask icon

    Homebrew Cask

     39 likes

    Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

    It's implemented as a homebrew external command called cask.

    31 Homebrew Cask alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. MacPorts icon

    MacPorts

     26 likes

    The MacPorts Project is an opensource package management system that simplifies compiling, installing, upgrading, and removal of other open-source software on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and later, running on Intel or Apple Silicon.

    37 MacPorts alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    MacPorts screenshot 1
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  10. GitRel icon

    GitRel

     2 likes

    Install and update binaries via GitHub Releases API.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    install a binary, list installed binaries, update installed binaries
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  11. pkgsrc icon

    pkgsrc

     3 likes

    pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages. It is the native package manager on SmartOS, NetBSD, and Minix, and is portable across 23 different operating systems. Use one package manager across all of your systems!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  12. E

    eget

     2 likes

    Eget is the best way to easily get pre-built binaries for your favorite tools. It downloads and extracts pre-built binaries from releases on GitHub

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • US flagUnited States
    eget screenshot 1
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  13. Fink icon

    Fink

     8 likes

    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 modify existing Open Source software so that it will compile and run on Mac OS X. (This process is called portin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. nanobrew icon

    nanobrew

     2 likes

    A fast package manager for macOS and Linux. Written in Zig. Uses Homebrew's bottles and formulas under the hood, plus native .deb support for Docker containers.

    54 nanobrew alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
    • US flagUnited States
    nanobrew screenshot 1
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