Pacstall AlternativesSoftware Installers and other similar apps like Pacstall

Pacstall is described as 'Will attempt to become the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the AUR and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install programs without scouring github repos and the likes' and is a software installer in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pacstall for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Arch Linux and Manjaro Linux apps. The best Pacstall alternative is Flatpak, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pacstall are Synaptic, GNOME Software, Advanced Package Tool (APT) and Paru.

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  1. Flatpak icon
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    Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including...

    29 Flatpak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Flatpak is the most popular Linux alternative to Pacstall.

    • Flatpak is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pacstall.

    • Flatpak is Free and Open SourcePacstall is also Free and Open Source
  2.  9 likes

    Paru is an AUR helper written in Rust and based on the design of yay. It aims to be your standard pacman wrapping AUR helper with minimal interaction.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Manjaro Linux
     
  3. aptitude icon
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    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
     
  4. nala icon
     7 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
  6.  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
     
    • eget is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Pacstall.

    • eget is Free and Open SourcePacstall is also Free and Open Source
  7. AM icon
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    AUR-inspired database, and package manager to install, update (for real) and manage ALL AppImages and other portable formats for GNU/Linux, system-wide or locally, with the ease of APT and the power of PacMan.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. 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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