Bower Alternatives

Bower is described as 'Package manager for the web. Bower lets you easily install assets such as images, CSS and JavaScript, and manages dependencies for you' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bower for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Bower alternative is npm, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bower are Nix Package Manager, pacman (package manager), Yarn and Advanced Package Tool (APT).

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    Rush is a monorepo manager for JavaScript developers, aiding in creating and publishing multiple packages from a shared Git repository. It supports parallel builds, repository policies, and NPM installations, acting as an orchestrator for the Rush Stack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    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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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available gems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Bower is frontend and RubyGems for ruby and not same at all all

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    Lerna is a fast, modern build system for managing and publishing multiple JavaScript/TypeScript packages from the same repository.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
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    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

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  6. Lix Project icon
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    A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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    npm desktop manager - npm desktop GUI for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Open-source package registry supports TypeScript and distributes as ECMAScript modules, works with all JS runtimes like Node.js, Deno, and Bun. Seamlessly integrates with npm, enhancing compatibility and editor support without manual typings distribution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    For front-end developers who ask maintainable assets, Jam is a package manager for JavaScript. Unlike other repositories, JamJS puts the browser first.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
     
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    Tvix is a new implementation of Nix, a purely-functional package manager. It aims to have a modular implementation, in which different components can be reused or replaced based on the use-case.

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    • Linux
     
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    Embedthis Pak is a generic package manager for application components. It makes it easy to retrieve, integrate and manage components for applications. Pak manages dependencies for you and automatically retrieves dependent paks if required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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