AM AlternativesPackage Managers & Software Installers like AM

AM is described as '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' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Ubuntu and Web-based apps. The best AM alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AM are Homebrew, Flatpak, Flathub and Snap Store .

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
AM alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Chocolatey icon
     344 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Windows-centric package manager streamlining software updates without registration. Privacy-focused, ad-free, open-source, lightweight, and supports a command-line interface for efficiency and ease of use.

    72 Chocolatey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Chocolatey is the most popular Windows alternative to AM.

    • Chocolatey is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AM.

    • Chocolatey is Freemium and Open SourceAM is Free and Open Source
  2. Homebrew icon
     185 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.

    60 Homebrew alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • Homebrew is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to AM.

    • Homebrew is Free and Open SourceAM is also Free and Open Source
  3. Flatpak icon
     67 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
     
  4. Flathub icon
     47 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of desktop Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution.

    23 Flathub alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Flathub is the most popular Web-based alternative to AM.

    • Flathub is Free and Open SourceAM is also Free and Open Source
  5. Snap Store  icon
     105 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    40 Snap Store alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ubuntu
     
  6. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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...

    44 pacman (package manager) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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...

    53 Nix Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Homebrew Cask icon
     37 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  9. Gear Lever icon
     7 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Developed by Mijorus, an Italian developer participating in the GNOME project, Gear Lever is available as a flatpak on Flathub.

    4 Gear Lever alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  10. Snapcraft icon
     25 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    29 Snapcraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11.  2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
12 of 23 AM alternatives