Homebrew Alternatives

Homebrew is described as 'The easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux' and is a very popular Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Homebrew for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Flatpak apps. The best Homebrew alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Homebrew are Ninite, Scoop, MacUpdater and Flathub.

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  2. 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

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    • Mac
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  4. Setapp icon

    Setapp

     30 likes

    Setapp is a unified marketplace for Mac and iPhone users to discover hand-picked, trusted apps. Users can access apps in two ways:

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Setapp

    Setapp is a unified marketplace for Mac and iPhone users to discover hand-picked, trusted apps. Users can access apps in two ways:

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  6. Spack icon

    Spack

     4 likes

    Spack is a package manager for supercomputers, Linux, and macOS. It makes installing scientific software easy. Spack isn’t tied to a particular language; you can build a software stack in Python or R, link to libraries written in C, C++, or Fortran, and easily swap compilers or...

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  7. Just Install icon

    Just Install

     34 likes

    just-install - The stupid package installer for Windows.

    Chocolatey , Ninite , Npackd are way too slow, bloated and difficult to extend. I needed a no-frills solution to inst.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU
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  9. RPM Package Manager icon

    RPM Package Manager

     5 likes

    Robust package system that manages installation, updates, verification, and removal of software packages on Linux. Includes a library API for development in languages like C and Python. Widely used across Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, and more; released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. RPM Fusion icon

    RPM Fusion

     1 like

    RPM Fusion provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn't want to ship. That software is provided as precompiled RPMs for all current Fedora versions and current Red Hat Enterprise Linux or clones versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    RPM Fusion screenshot 1
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  11. AppCenter icon

    AppCenter

     7 likes

    AppCenter is a fast software store built on top of libappstore (https://launchpad.net/libappstore)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    AppCenter screenshot 1
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  12. Flattool icon

    Flattool

     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.

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    • Linux
    • Flatpak
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  13. A

    asdf

     Like

    "asdf" is a tool version manager. All tool version definitions are contained within one file (.tool-versions) which you can check in to your project's Git repository to share with your team, ensuring everyone is using the exact same versions of tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  14. Lix Project icon

    Lix Project

     1 like

    A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
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  15. Aura Package Manager icon

    Aura Package Manager

     Like

    Aura is a package manager for Arch Linux. Its original purpose is as an AUR helper, in that it automates the process of installing packages from the Arch User Repositories. It is, however, capable of much more.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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