Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
United Kingdom
Flatpak AlternativesPackage Managers & Software Installers like Flatpak
Apps similar to Flatpak include Homebrew, which is free and open source. Other options are Flathub, Bazaar App Store, Nix Package Manager and Zero Install. There's no shortage of Package Managers like Flatpak, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.
Alternatives list
- 68 Homebrew alternatives
26 Flathub alternativesFlathub 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Global
42 Bazaar App Store alternativesBazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
United States
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59 Nix Package Manager alternativesNix 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
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Other features include full support for shared libraries, sharing between users, and integration with native platform package managers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
- United Kingdom
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
64 Warehouse alternativesWarehouse is a versatile toolbox for managing flatpak user data, viewing flatpak app info, and batch managing installed flatpaks.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
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Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Global
Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- United Kingdom
42 Discover alternativesUtility for KDE's Plasma desktop environment for browsing, installing, and removing applications, implemented as an app store like application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Snapcraft
Germany
EU
211 GNU Guix alternativesA purely functional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- GNU Hurd
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
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