Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
United Kingdom
Snapcraft AlternativesPackage Managers and other similar apps like Snapcraft
Apps similar to Snapcraft include Homebrew, which is free and open source. Other options are Flathub, Bazaar App Store, Flatpak and npm. You're spoiled for choice with Package Managers like Snapcraft: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and self-hosting.
Alternatives list
- 69 Homebrew alternatives
27 Flathub alternativesFlathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of desktop Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Global
42 Bazaar App Store alternativesBazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
United States
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33 Flatpak alternativesDistributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- United States
37 npm alternativesnpm 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- United States
42 Discover alternativesUtility for KDE's Plasma desktop environment for browsing, installing, and removing applications, implemented as an app store like application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- KDE Plasma
- Snapcraft
Germany
EU
Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Other features include full support for shared libraries, sharing between users, and integration with native platform package managers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
- United Kingdom
60 Nix Package Manager alternativesNix 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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.
It's implemented as a homebrew external command called cask.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
Warehouse is a versatile toolbox for managing flatpak user data, viewing flatpak app info, and batch managing installed flatpaks.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
Hungary- EU
212 GNU Guix alternativesA purely functional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- GNU Hurd
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