Discover Alternatives

Discover is described as 'Utility for KDE's Plasma desktop environment for browsing, installing, and removing applications, implemented as an app store like application' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Discover for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Discover alternative is Homebrew, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Discover are Flatpak, Flathub, Synaptic and Bazaar App Store.

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  1. Snapcraft icon
     27 likes

    Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2.  7 likes

    bauh (ba-oo), formerly known as fpakman, is a graphical interface for managing your Linux software (packages/applications). It currently supports the following formats: AppImage, ArchLinux repositories/AUR, Flatpak, Snap and Web applications.

    21 bauh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. App Grid icon
     13 likes

    App Grid is a new lightweight Snap Store alternative that tries to make application discovery easier by using a grid view which includes app screenshots and ratings.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Pamac icon
     13 likes

    Graphical Package Manager for Manjaro Linux (based on libalpm).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
  5. GDebi icon
     14 likes

    GDebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing its dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp) located packages.

    16 GDebi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. One of the great things about using open source software is the frequency with which bugs are fixed, security holes are patched, and new features are added. Ubuntu includes a very convenient update manager, which checks the software repositories for updates, and alerts you to...

    35 Software Updater (Canonical) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7.  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
     
  8. Souk icon
     10 likes

    A flatpak-based app store, written with GTK4 and Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. nanobrew icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
     
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