Pak AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Pak

Pak is described as 'Embedthis Pak is a generic package manager for application components. It makes it easy to retrieve, integrate and manage components for applications. Pak manages dependencies for you and automatically retrieves dependent paks if required' and is a Package Manager in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Pak for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Pak alternative is npm, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pak are Bower, Composer, Verdaccio and ndm.

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  1. npm icon
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    npm is a package manager for Node.js that is run through the command line and manages dependencies for an application. It is the predominant package manager for Node.js.

    34 npm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • npm is the most popular Web-based alternative to Pak.

    • npm is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Pak.

    • npm is Free and Open SourcePak is also Free and Open Source
  2. Bower icon
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    Bower is a package manager for the web. Bower lets you easily install assets such as images, CSS and JavaScript, and manages dependencies for you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Git
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
    • Bower is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Pak.

    • Bower is Free and Open SourcePak is also Free and Open Source
  3. Composer icon
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    Composer is a package manager not in the same sense as Yum or Apt are. Yes, it deals with "packages" or libraries, but it manages them on a per-project basis, installing them in a directory (e.g. vendor) inside your project.

    6 Composer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
     
    • Composer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Pak.

    • Composer is Free and Open SourcePak is also Free and Open Source
  4. 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
     
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    Directly install applications from their GitHub repository with out-of-the-box support for updates using GPM, the package manager with the superpowers of a cross-platform build tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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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