Lix Project Alternatives

Lix Project is described as 'A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Lix Project for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Web-based, Windows and BSD apps. The best Lix Project alternative is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lix Project are Homebrew, Flatpak, Flathub and Synaptic.

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  1. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. Fink icon
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    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 a result, we have two main goals. First, to modify existing Open Source software so that it will compile and run on Mac OS X. (This process is called portin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. ndm icon
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    npm desktop manager - npm desktop GUI for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. dbin icon
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    A self-contained, static package manager, with over 3k binaries in its repos, all of which run on both MUSL & GLIBC, with repos for ARM64 as well. Single-file, single-config, no database, made in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Describe your MacOS development environment using JSON configurations. Codify will do the rest. Create reproducible, shareable, and consistent environments using Codify, individually and for a team.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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".

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Solseek icon
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    Solseek is a simple terminal user interface that allows you to browse, search, and manage packages from the Solus packages. Packages can be installed, reinstalled, updated, verified, and removed through the interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Solus
     
  8. Crates.io icon
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    Instantly publish your crates and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available crates. Become a contributor and enhance the site with your work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Online
     
  9. 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
     
  10. JSR icon
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    Open-source package registry supports TypeScript and distributes as ECMAScript modules, works with all JS runtimes like Node.js, Deno, and Bun. Seamlessly integrates with npm, enhancing compatibility and editor support without manual typings distribution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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