Homebrew
The missing package manager for macOS
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Homebrew Alternatives
The best Homebrew alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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/chocolatey-alternativesThe sane way to manage software on Windows.
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/iterm2-alternativesA terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
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Try for freeFlagsmith lets you manage feature flags and remote config across web, mobile and server side applications. Deliver true Continuous Integration. Get builds out faster. Control who has access to new features. We're Open Source.
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/visual-studio-code-alternativesBuild and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
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/rectangle-alternativesWindow management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
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/scoop-alternativesA command-line installer for Windows
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/nixos-alternatives25 Jun 2014 . All software components in NixOS are installed using the Nix package manager. Packages in Nix are defined using the nix language to create nix expressions.
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/macports-alternativesThe MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system.
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/conda-alternatives
Binary package manager with support for environments.
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/appcleaner-alternativesAppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.
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/ninite-alternativesNinite is the easiest way to install software.
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/flatpak-alternativesFlatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
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/synaptic-alternativesPlease take a minute to watch our video, it gives an overview of Synaptic's role in financial services.
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/pkgsrc-alternativespkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.
Homebrew discussion
Great for installing open-source apps on macOS
If you are a software engineer working on a mac - you can't get away from using Homebrew. And it just works.
This is the easiest package manager on Mac, been using it for years and love the simplicity or installing and uninstalling packages directly from the CLI
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