nala AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like nala

nala is described as 'Is what apt should have been. Faster, stronger, better' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to nala for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, openSUSE and Linux Mobile apps. The best nala alternative is pacman (package manager), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nala are Advanced Package Tool (APT), Nix Package Manager, aptitude and eget.

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    The pacman package manager is one of the major distinguishing features of Arch Linux . It combines a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system. The goal of pacman is to make it possible to easily manage packages, whether...

    44 pacman (package manager) alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
     
    • pacman (package manager) is the most popular Linux alternative to nala.

    • pacman (package manager) is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nala.

    • pacman (package manager) is Free and Open Sourcenala 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

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

    • Nix Package Manager is Free and Open Sourcenala is also Free and Open Source
    • Nix Package Manager is Privacy focused and Lightweightnala is not according to our users
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    aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for Advanced Package Tool (APT) with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and...

    37 aptitude alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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    Eget is the best way to easily get pre-built binaries for your favorite tools. It downloads and extracts pre-built binaries from releases on GitHub

    52 eget alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
    • eget is the most popular Windows alternative to nala.

    • eget is Free and Open Sourcenala is also Free and Open Source
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    Pacstall will attempt to become the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the AUR and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install programs without scouring github repos and the likes.

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Ubuntu
     
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    Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm.

    35 YUM Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. 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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    Package management system for Gentoo Linux.

    The Portage Development Project works to provide a continuously expanding and developing tool for the management and installation of packages. The developers work on providing a coherent system that is as trouble free as possible (bac.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Zypper is a command line package manager for openSUSE which makes use of libzypp. Zypper provides functions like repository access, dependency solving, package installation, etc.

    8 Zypper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • openSUSE
     
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    Reprepro is a command line tool for creating and managing a local APT (http://alternativeto.net/software/advanced-package-tool/) repository. It will create and layout all necessary files for a working repository.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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.

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    • Linux
     
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