Bower AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Bower

Bower has been discontinued. Similar apps include npm, which is free and open source. Other options are pnpm, Nix Package Manager, pacman (package manager) and Yarn. There's no shortage of Package Managers like Bower, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. npm icon
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    npm is a package manager for Node.js that is run through the command line and manages dependencies for an application. It is the predominant package manager for Node.js.

    37 npm alternatives

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    • Open Source

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  2. pnpm icon
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    Fast, disk space efficient package manager.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  3. 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...

    60 Nix Package Manager alternatives

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    • Mac
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  4. 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...

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
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  5. Yarn icon
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    Yarn is a package manager for your code. It allows you to use and share code with other developers from around the world. Yarn does this quickly, securely, and reliably so you don’t ever have to worry.

    14 Yarn alternatives

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  6. PyPI icon
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    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.

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  7. Composer icon
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    Composer is a package manager not in the same sense as Yum or Apt are. Yes, it deals with "packages" or libraries, but it manages them on a per-project basis, installing them in a directory (e.g. vendor) inside your project.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • PHP
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  8. Directly install applications from their GitHub repository with out-of-the-box support for updates using GPM, the package manager with the superpowers of a cross-platform build tool.

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  9. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  10. Nx icon
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    Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.

    39 Nx alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  11. Turborepo icon
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    Turborepo is a high-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript codebases, designed to scale monorepos and speed up single-package workspace workflows. It uses a lightweight approach to optimize repository tasks, saving time and reducing costs for developers and large...

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
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