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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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, Windows and Flatpak apps. 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 (APT) and Brewer X.
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A fast package manager for macOS and Linux. Written in Zig. Uses Homebrew's bottles and formulas under the hood, plus native .deb support for Docker containers.
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A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community.
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.
Tvix is a new implementation of Nix, a purely-functional package manager. It aims to have a modular implementation, in which different components can be reused or replaced based on the use-case.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Go (Programming Language)
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