Fink Alternatives

Fink is described as 'What is Fink?' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to Fink for Mac, Linux, BSD, Homebrew and Windows. The best Fink alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fink are Homebrew, Nix Package Manager, Advanced Package Tool and Homebrew Cask.

Fink alternatives are mainly Package Managers but may also be Software Installers or Software Updaters. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Fink.

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Fink

Free • Open Source

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...

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Chocolatey
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Freemium • Open Source
Software Installer
Package Manager
Windows
64 Chocolatey alternatives
Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind. It is built on top of NuGet command line and the NuGet infrastructure.
- - Chocolatey is the most popular Windows alternative to Fink.
- - Chocolatey is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Fink.
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1. Command line interfaceChocolatey either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Ad-freeChocolatey doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
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Homebrew
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Mac
Linux
44 Homebrew alternatives
Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.
- - Homebrew is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Fink.
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Homebrew Features
1. Command line interfaceHomebrew either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Ad-freeHomebrew doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
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Nix Package Manager
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Mac
Linux
BSD
33 Nix Package Manager 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...
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Nix Package Manager Features
1. Command line interfaceNix Package Manager either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. PortableNix Package Manager can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Advanced Package Tool
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Linux
33 Advanced Package Tool alternatives
Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.
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Advanced Package Tool Features
1. Ad-freeAdvanced Package Tool doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Command line interfaceAdvanced Package Tool either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. LightweightAdvanced Package Tool consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Privacy focusedAdvanced Package Tool is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Homebrew Cask
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
Homebrew
19 Homebrew Cask alternatives
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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Homebrew Cask Features
1. Command line interfaceHomebrew Cask either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Cakebrew
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
9 Cakebrew alternatives
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:
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Cakebrew Features
1. Ad-freeCakebrew doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Cakebrew without registration.
Graphical User Interface
Homebrew
Discontinued
Last update is from March 2021. It's no longer maintained https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew/issues/255
MacPorts
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Free • Open Source
Software Installer
Package Manager
Software Updater
Mac
27 MacPorts alternatives
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.
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MacPorts Features
1. Command line interfaceMacPorts either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Mas CLI
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Free • Open Source
App Store
Mac
7 Mas CLI alternatives
A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation.
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Mas CLI Features
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Rudix
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Mac
4 Rudix alternatives
Rudix is a package-based, user-friendly way to extend the Unix portion of Mac OS X with additional network utilities, computer languages, development libraries, text tools and everything else you missed from command line.
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