Muon AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Muon

Muon is described as 'Manage applications and libraries installed on your system to the package level. Search, install and remove packages and inspect their versions and their dependencies' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Muon for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Arch Linux, Flatpak, Snapcraft and Mac apps. The best Muon alternative is Bazaar App Store, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Muon are Synaptic, pacman (package manager), Snap Store and Discover.

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  1. Bazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
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  2. Synaptic icon
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    Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

    59 Synaptic alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
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  3. The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux . It combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system. The goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether...

    49 pacman (package manager) alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  4. Snap Store  icon
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    The Snap Store gives you instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications. And now you can buy apps from some of the leading providers too. All our software is easy to find and install so you can have a customised desktop that suits you in no time.

    39 Snap Store alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ubuntu
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  5. Discover icon
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    Utility for KDE's Plasma desktop environment for browsing, installing, and removing applications, implemented as an app store like application.

    42 Discover alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
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  6. Octopi icon
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    Octopi is the highest rated graphical user interface for the Arch Linux pacman package management tool in AUR. It is written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and its source code is hosted on GitHub. The first commits date from February 2013.

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  7.  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.

    22 bauh alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Linux
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  8. App Grid icon
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    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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  9. Pamac icon
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    Graphical Package Manager for Manjaro Linux (based on libalpm).

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

    17 GDebi alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  11. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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