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Cydia
Free • Open Source
App Store
Online
iPhone
iPad
30 alternatives to Cydia
Cydia is a Debian APT package manager that lets you download tweaks and apps that haven't been approved by Apple for your jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, via repositories.
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Cydia Features
Jailbreak required
Modules
Unattended installation
Native application
Home Screen
Content Discovery
Nearby Scan
Discontinued
On December 13, 2018 Saurik has announced that the Cydia Store is shut down because of a bug with Paypal and lack of funds. He recommends to remove the saved Paypal info from the Cydia account and assures the users that he intends to maintain the ability to download existing packages. https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/a5wfq9/news_andrew_wiik_recommend_that_everyone_removes/ebpur5a/?context=1
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aptitude
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Linux
28 alternatives to aptitude
aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for Advanced Package Tool 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...
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aptitude Features
1. Lightweightaptitude consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeaptitude doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Command line interfaceaptitude either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Software Management
Graphical User Interface
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Just Install
Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Package Manager
Windows
41 alternatives to Just Install
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.
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Just Install Features
Auto Update
Software Management
Discontinued
From the GitHub repo: "This project is no longer being actively developed. We suggest you to switch to Microsoft's winget."
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Nix Package Manager
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
Linux
BSD
31 alternatives to Nix Package Manager
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...
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Nix Package Manager Features
1. Command line interfaceNix Package Manager either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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GNU Guix
Free • Open Source
Operating System
Linux Distro
Linux
Self-Hosted
GNU Hurd
215 alternatives to GNU Guix
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.
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GNU Guix Features
FSF Endorsement
Functional Language
Configurable
Linux-based
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Paru
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Linux
Arch Linux
Manjaro Linux
ArcoLinux
6 alternatives to Paru
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.
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Paru Features
1. Command line interfaceParu either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableParu can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Snapcraft
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Linux
15 alternatives to Snapcraft
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.
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Snapcraft Features
User friendly
Multiplatform
Sandbox
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Pamac
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Linux
Arch Linux
Manjaro Linux
7 alternatives to Pamac
Graphical Package Manager for Manjaro Linux (based on libalpm).
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Pamac Features
Persistent History
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Homebrew Cask
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
Homebrew
18 alternatives to Homebrew Cask
Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

It's implemented as a homebrew external command called cask.
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Homebrew Cask Features
1. Command line interfaceHomebrew Cask either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Homebrew
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nala
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Linux
9 alternatives to nala
nala is what apt should have been. Faster, stronger, better.
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nala Features
1. Command line interfacenala either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Cakebrew
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
9 alternatives to Cakebrew
Cakebrew is the most convenient way to use Homebrew for your daily tasks! It does for Homebrew what Synaptics does to Linux package managers. From the Cakebrew UI, you can:
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Cakebrew Features
Graphical User Interface
Homebrew
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pnpm
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
5 alternatives to pnpm
Fast, disk space efficient package manager.
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pnpm Features
1. Lightweightpnpm consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Command line interfacepnpm either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Fast speed
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Souk
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
App Store
Software Installer
Linux
56 alternatives to Souk
A flatpak-based app store, written with GTK4 and Rust.
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Souk Features
1. Ad-freeSouk doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Flatpak
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MacPorts
Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Software Updater
Mac
27 alternatives to MacPorts
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.
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MacPorts Features
1. Command line interfaceMacPorts either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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macapps.link
Free • Proprietary
Software Installer
Package Manager
Mac
Online
24 alternatives to macapps.link
The best alternative to Ninite for Mac. Get multiple apps silently. Just choose what apps to install and get apps installed automatically, fast and easy.
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macapps.link Features
Unattended installation
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Cydia Features

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aptitude Features

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Just Install Features

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Nix Package Manager Features

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GNU Guix Features

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Paru Features

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Snapcraft Features

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Pamac Features

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Homebrew Cask Features

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nala Features

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Cakebrew Features

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pnpm Features

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Souk Features

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MacPorts Features

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macapps.link Features

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