Chocolatey AlternativesOnly apps categorised as App Stores

The best App Store alternative to Chocolatey is Ninite, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Chocolatey and 11 are App Stores so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting App Store alternatives to Chocolatey are Flathub, GNOME Software, Microsoft Store and Software Manager.

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  1. Ninite icon
     683 likes

    Ninite is the easiest way to install software. Pick the apps you want, and the Ninite installer will download and install all of your selected apps at once, automatically. It is 100% hands-free; Ninite automatically rejects browser toolbars and other prepackaged junk.

    79 Ninite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  2. Flathub icon
     55 likes

    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.

    26 Flathub alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. AppCenter icon
     7 likes

    AppCenter is a fast software store built on top of libappstore (https://launchpad.net/libappstore)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Souk icon
     10 likes

    A flatpak-based app store, written with GTK4 and Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. AM icon
     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Easy Flatpak icon
     1 like

    It will help you install Flatpak apps in a user-friendly way. We have recipes for some of them to install them even better.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Klia Store icon
     1 like

    A modern desktop application for browsing and managing Flatpak applications from Flathub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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