Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.
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Chocolatey Alternatives for Mac
Chocolatey is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Homebrew, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Chocolatey and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Chocolatey are Nix Package Manager, Zero Install, Homebrew Cask and Applite.
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Chocolatey alternatives are mainly Software Installers, but if you're looking for Package Managers or Software Updaters you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows + Open Source, Linux, Mac and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Chocolatey.
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- 63 Homebrew alternatives
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...
31 Zero Install alternativesZero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Other features include full support for shared libraries, sharing between users, and integration with native platform package managers.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
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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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages. It is the native package manager on SmartOS, NetBSD, and Minix, and is portable across 23 different operating systems. Use one package manager across all of your systems!
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
What is Fink?
Fink is a project that wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. As a result, we have two main goals. First, to modify existing Open Source software so that it will compile and run on Mac OS X. (This process is called portin.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community.
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