Fink Alternatives

Fink is described as 'What is Fink?' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Fink for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Homebrew, Flatpak and Go (Programming Language) apps. The best Fink alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fink are Homebrew, Brewer X, Advanced Package Tool (APT) and Nix Package Manager.

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  1. Chocolatey icon
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    Command-line application for installing, updating, and removing Windows software without registration, featuring centralized audits, automatic package creation, offline packages, disk space optimization, real-time deployment, inventory tracking, and multi-installer support.

    74 Chocolatey alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Brewer X icon
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    Brewer X is a refreshing user interface for Homebrew. Manage your apps, scripts, and fonts with ease and dive into the most comprehensive software library for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Homebrew Cask icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Cakebrew icon
     18 likes

    Cakebrew is the most convenient way to use Homebrew for your daily tasks! It does for Homebrew what Synaptics does to Linux package managers. From the Cakebrew UI, you can:

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6.  2 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  7. Flattool icon
     2 likes

    Flattool is a command line script designed to improve user experience with flatpaks. It streamlines flatpak management tasks, making them more efficient and user-friendly.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Mas CLI icon
     5 likes

    A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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