Gentoo Prefix AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Gentoo Prefix

Gentoo Prefix is described as 'To bring out the virtues of Gentoo on different operating systems, the Gentoo Prefix project develops and maintains a way of installing Gentoo systems in a non-standard location, designated by a "prefix"' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Gentoo Prefix for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Gentoo Prefix alternative is Flatpak, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gentoo Prefix are Nix Package Manager, GNU Guix, Koca and Lix Project.

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  1. Flatpak icon
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    Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including...

    29 Flatpak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Flatpak is the most popular Linux alternative to Gentoo Prefix.

    • Flatpak is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Gentoo Prefix.

    • Flatpak is Free and Open SourceGentoo Prefix is also Free and Open Source
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    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...

    53 Nix Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Nix Package Manager is the most popular Mac alternative to Gentoo Prefix.

    • Nix Package Manager is Free and Open SourceGentoo Prefix is also Free and Open Source
    • Nix Package Manager is Privacy focused and LightweightGentoo Prefix is not according to our users
  3. GNU Guix icon
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    A 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • GNU Hurd
     
    • GNU Guix is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Gentoo Prefix.

    • GNU Guix is Free and Open SourceGentoo Prefix is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Guix is Privacy focused and LightweightGentoo Prefix is not according to our users
  4. Koca icon
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    The universal build, package, and publishing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
    • Koca is the most popular Windows alternative to Gentoo Prefix.

    • Koca is Free and ProprietaryGentoo Prefix is Free and Open Source
  5. Lix Project icon
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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.

    49 Lix Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  6. Spack icon
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    Spack is a package manager for supercomputers, Linux, and macOS. It makes installing scientific software easy. Spack isn’t tied to a particular language; you can build a software stack in Python or R, link to libraries written in C, C++, or Fortran, and easily swap compilers or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. Tvix icon
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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