eget Alternatives

eget is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to eget for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Linux Mobile apps. The best eget alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like eget are Homebrew, Flatpak, Synaptic and Bazaar App Store.

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    A command line tool to download release assets from GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  2. Homebrew Cask icon
     37 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.

    28 Homebrew Cask alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  3. gah icon
     2 likes

    GitHub Releases app installer, that DOES NOT REQUIRE SUDO! It is a simple bash script that downloads the latest release of an app from GitHub and installs it in ~/.local/bin. It is designed to be used with apps that are distributed as a single binary file.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GitHub
    • GNU Bourne Again SHell
     
  4. PyPI icon
     8 likes

    The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. PyPI helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community. Package authors use PyPI to distribute their software.

    51 PyPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. aptitude icon
     47 likes

    aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for Advanced Package Tool (APT) with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. nala icon
     6 likes

    nala is what apt should have been. Faster, stronger, better.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Huber icon
     2 likes

    command-line interface tool for managing packages released from GitHub repositories. It allows you to install, update, and manage packages from GitHub repository releases in a simple and efficient way.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  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. Flattool icon
     2 likes

    Flattool is a command line script designed to improve user experience with flatpaks. It streamlines flatpak management tasks, making them more efficient and user-friendly.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
     
  10. 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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