Porticus Alternatives

Porticus has been discontinued. Similar apps include Synaptic, which is free and open source. Other options are Pallet and PortAuthority. In total there are three Package Managers like Porticus for Mac and Linux.

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  1. Synaptic icon

    Synaptic

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    Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

    59 Synaptic alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
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    Pallet

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    Pallet is the official MacPorts GUI app for Mac OS X and was started as a GSoC project in May 2009. It is in active development and continuous improvement (this is a beta product).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. PortAuthority icon

    PortAuthority

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    PortAuthority provides a GUI for the MacPorts Unix software management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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