Conan AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Conan

Apps similar to Conan include Anaconda, which is free for personal use. Other options are pixi, PyPI, Conda and Poetry. You can choose from more than 10 Package Managers like Conan for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and self-hosting.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Conan alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Anaconda icon
     72 likes

    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  2. pixi icon
     4 likes

    Powerful system-level package manager for Linux, macOS and Windows written in Rust – building on top of the Conda ecosystem.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  3. PyPI icon
     10 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    PyPI screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  4. Conda icon
     13 likes

    Conda is a package manager application that quickly installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. The conda command is the primary interface for managing installations of various packages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  5. Poetry icon
     3 likes

    Poetry helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of Python projects, ensuring you have the right stack everywhere. It's commands are intuitive and easy to use, with sensible defaults while still being configurable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  6.  5 likes

    The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

    15 pip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  7. pipx icon
     2 likes

    pipx is a tool to help you install and run end-user applications written in Python. It's roughly similar to macOS's brew, JavaScript's npx, and Linux's apt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  8. Miniconda icon
     2 likes

    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  9. Vcpkg icon
     1 like

    C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Contribute to Microsoft/vcpkg development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  10. Rust Cargo icon
     1 like

    Cargo is the Rust package manager. Cargo downloads your Rust package’s dependencies, compiles your packages, makes distributable packages, and uploads them to crates.io, the Rust community’s package registry.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    Good alternative?
     
  11. Hunter is a CMake driven cross-platform package manager for C/C++ projects. With the help of Hunter you can organize builds for Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Raspberry Pi and other platforms. Third-party external projects are highly customizable, effectively allowing you...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    Good alternative?
     
  12. build2 icon
     Like

    build2 is an open-source (MIT), cross-platform build toolchain for developing and packaging C and C++ code. It is a hierarchy of tools that includes the build system, package dependency manager (for package consumption), and project dependency manager (for project development).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
12 of 15 Conan alternatives