Package Control AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Package Control

Package Control is described as 'The Sublime Text package manager that makes it exceedingly simple to find, install and keep packages up-to-date' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are eight alternatives to Package Control for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Python and BSD apps. The best Package Control alternative is Anaconda. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Anaconda or Conda. Other great apps like Package Control are pipx, Miniconda, pip and Rust Cargo.

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  1. Anaconda icon

    Anaconda

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    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    23 Anaconda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Anaconda is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Package Control.

    • Anaconda is the most popular free alternative to Package Control.

    • Anaconda is Free Personal and ProprietaryPackage Control is Free and Proprietary
    • Anaconda is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPackage Control is not according to our users
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    Conda

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    Conda is a package manager application that quickly installs, runs, and updates packages and their dependencies. The conda command is the primary interface for managing installations of various packages.

    13 Conda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Conda is the most popular Open Source alternative to Package Control.

    • Conda is Free and Open SourcePackage Control is Free and Proprietary
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    Poetry

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    Poetry helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of Python projects, ensuring you have the right stack everywhere. It's commands are intuitive and easy to use, with sensible defaults while still being configurable.

    14 Poetry alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  5. pipx icon

    pipx

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    pipx is a tool to help you install and run end-user applications written in Python. It's roughly similar to macOS's brew, JavaScript's npx, and Linux's apt.

    14 pipx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  6. Miniconda icon

    Miniconda

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    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Python
     

  7. pip

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    The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

    14 pip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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  9. Rust Cargo icon

    Rust Cargo

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    Cargo is the Rust package manager. Cargo downloads your Rust package’s dependencies, compiles your packages, makes distributable packages, and uploads them to crates.io, the Rust community’s package registry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Rust
     
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    Pipenv

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    Pipenv is a production-ready tool that aims to bring the best of all packaging worlds to the Python world. It harnesses Pipfile, pip, and virtualenv into one single command.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Windows
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