Homebrew Cask Alternatives

Homebrew Cask is described as 'Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Homebrew Cask for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Web-based, Windows and Homebrew apps. The best Homebrew Cask alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Homebrew Cask are Flathub, Flatpak, WailBrew and CaskHub.

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  1. 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 packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm.

    39 YUM Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. Rudix icon
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    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 tools and everything else you missed from command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. Koca icon
     1 like

    The universal build, package, and publishing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  4. Solseek icon
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    Solseek is a simple terminal user interface that allows you to browse, search, and manage packages from the Solus packages. Packages can be installed, reinstalled, updated, verified, and removed through the interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Solus
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  5. dbin icon
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    A self-contained, static package manager, with over 3k binaries in its repos, all of which run on both MUSL & GLIBC, with repos for ARM64 as well. Single-file, single-config, no database, made in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. Flint is an experimental build system and package manager for C/C++ projects. It aims to simplify the development workflow by managing dependencies directly through Git and automating the compilation process via a single JSON configuration file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Crates.io icon
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    Instantly publish your crates and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available crates. Become a contributor and enhance the site with your work.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Online
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