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MacPorts

The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for... Created by The MacPorts Project

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The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system.

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MacPorts was added by calavera in Oct 2010 and the latest update was made in Dec 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2018 There is a history of all activites on MacPorts in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on MacPorts or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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