OpenBoot Alternatives

OpenBoot is described as 'Setting up a new Mac takes hours. Homebrew packages, dotfiles, shell config, macOS preferences — you've done it before, and it never gets faster' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to OpenBoot for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Docker and Self-Hosted apps. The best OpenBoot alternative is DevPod, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenBoot are Flox.dev, Jetify Devbox, Development Containers and Apx.

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  1. DevPod icon
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    DevPod is infrastructure-independent and client-only, which makes it incredibly easy to get started with. Codespaces but open-source, client-only and unopinionated. Works with any infra, any programming language, any IDE, etc.

    25 DevPod alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Flox.dev icon
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    Flox is a virtual environment and package manager all in one. With Flox you create environments that layer and replace dependencies just where it matters, making them portable across the full software lifecycle.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  3. Jetify Devbox icon
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    Devbox is a command-line tool that lets you easily create reproducible, reliable dev environments. You start by defining the list of packages required by your development environment, and devbox uses that definition to create an isolated environment just for your application.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. A development container (or dev container for short) allows you to use a container as a full-featured development environment. It can be used to run an application, to separate tools, libraries, or runtimes needed for working with a codebase, and to aid in continuous integration...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. Apx icon
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    Apx is the default package manager in Vanilla OS. It is a wrapper around multiple package managers to install packages and run commands inside a managed container.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. devenv icon
     Like

    Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments using Nix

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
    • Windows
     
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