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The best Software Installer alternative to YUM Package Manager is Chocolatey, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to YUM Package Manager and 18 are Software Installers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Software Installer alternatives to YUM Package Manager are Homebrew, Synaptic, Advanced Package Tool (APT) and Bazaar App Store.

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  1. Chocolatey icon

    Chocolatey

     344 likes

    Windows-centric package manager streamlining software updates without registration. Privacy-focused, ad-free, open-source, lightweight, and supports a command-line interface for efficiency and ease of use.

    73 Chocolatey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Chocolatey is the most popular Windows alternative to YUM Package Manager.

    • Chocolatey is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to YUM Package Manager.

    • Chocolatey is Freemium and Open SourceYUM Package Manager is Free and Open Source
    • Chocolatey is Lightweight and Privacy focusedYUM Package Manager is not according to our users
  2. Homebrew icon

    Homebrew

     189 likes

    Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.

    63 Homebrew alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    • Homebrew is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to YUM Package Manager.

    • Homebrew is Free and Open SourceYUM Package Manager is also Free and Open Source
    • Homebrew is LightweightYUM Package Manager is not according to our users
  6. Bazaar App Store icon

    Bazaar App Store

     6 likes

    Bazaar 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.

    38 Bazaar App Store alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    The home page displaying Flathub apps
     
  7. Nix Package Manager icon

    Nix Package Manager

     27 likes

    Nix 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...

    55 Nix Package Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  9. Warehouse icon

    Warehouse

     11 likes

    Warehouse is a versatile toolbox for managing flatpak user data, viewing flatpak app info, and batch managing installed flatpaks.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. Discover icon

    Discover

     17 likes

    Utility for KDE's Plasma desktop environment for browsing, installing, and removing applications, implemented as an app store like application.

    37 Discover alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    Discover in Plasma 5
     
  12. aptitude icon

    aptitude

     46 likes

    aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for Advanced Package Tool (APT) with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. RPM Package Manager icon

    RPM Package Manager

     5 likes

    Robust package system that manages installation, updates, verification, and removal of software packages on Linux. Includes a library API for development in languages like C and Python. Widely used across Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, and more; released under GPL-2.0-or-later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  14. Lix Project icon

    Lix Project

     1 like

    A modern, delicious implementation of the Nix package manager, focused on correctness, usability, and growth — and committed to doing right by its community.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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