Gentoo Prefix AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Gentoo Prefix

Apps similar to Gentoo Prefix include Flatpak, which is free and open source. Other options are Nix Package Manager, GNU Guix, Lix Project and Spack. In total there are seven Package Managers like Gentoo Prefix for Linux, Mac, Windows and self-hosting.

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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...

    33 Flatpak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. 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...

    60 Nix Package Manager alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  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.

    211 GNU Guix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • GNU Hurd
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  4. 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.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
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  5. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
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  6. Koca icon
     1 like

    The universal build, package, and publishing tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
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  7. Tvix icon
     Like

    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.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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