Open Source Synaptic Alternatives for Mac
Synaptic is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is 
Homebrew, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Synaptic and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Synaptic are 
Nix Package Manager (Free, Open Source), 
Mas CLI (Free, Open Source), 
pkgsrc (Free, Open Source) and 
Pallet (Free, Open Source).
- Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux. View 35 alternatives to Homebrew
- Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. View 26 alternatives to Nix Package ManagerNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- A simple command line interface for the Mac App Store. Designed for scripting and automation. View 7 alternatives to Mas CLI
- pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages. It is the native package manager on SmartOS, NetBSD, and Minix, and is portable across 23 different operating systems. Use one package manager across all of your systems!. View 8 alternatives to pkgsrc
- Pallet is the official MacPorts GUI app for Mac OS X and was started as a GSoC project in May 2009. View 1 alternatives to Pallet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac