Nix Package Manager Alternatives

Nix Package Manager is described as 'Nix is a powerful package manager for macOS, Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Nix Package Manager for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Web-based, Windows and Flatpak apps. The best Nix Package Manager alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nix Package Manager are Homebrew, Flathub, Flatpak and Bazaar App Store.

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  1. Warehouse icon
     13 likes

    Warehouse is a versatile toolbox for managing flatpak user data, viewing flatpak app info, and batch managing installed flatpaks.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  2. The Arch User Repository (AUR) provides user-made PKGBUILD scripts for packages not included in official repositories. These PKGBUILD scripts simplify building from source by explicitly listing and checking for dependencies and configuring the install to match the Arch...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  3. Snapcraft icon
     29 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
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  4. PyPI icon
     9 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    PyPI screenshot 1
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  5. GNU Guix icon
     23 likes

    A purely functional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.

    211 GNU Guix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • GNU Hurd
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  6. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Autonomix icon
     1 like

    Linux package manager for GitHub releases - like Obtainium for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Mas CLI icon
     6 likes

    A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. nala icon
     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Bedrock Linux icon
     6 likes

    Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually exclusive distributions. Essentially, users can mix-and-match components as desired. For example, one could have:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11.  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
    • US flagUnited States
    eget screenshot 1
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