Apps similar to aptitude include Chocolatey, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Bazaar App Store, Synaptic, GNOME Software and pacman (package manager). Package Managers like aptitude are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, the web, Mac, Windows and self-hosting.
Flint is an experimental build system and package manager for C/C++ projects. It aims to simplify the development workflow by managing dependencies directly through Git and automating the compilation process via a single JSON configuration file.
A D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.
