Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?

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Postgres.app

For PostgreSQL on macOS I use and suggest https://postgresapp.com/ which is free and able to manage multiple Postgres major versions. It's also self-contained in a folder in /Applications. Also, version 14 of Postgres in the app has m1 native support.

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Homebrew

Genuinely, is this attested as the project philosophy anywhere? Because right now https://brew.sh leads with "The Missing Package Manager for macOS", which would lead anyone to think it does the same as a package manager for Linux, and they're _full_ of developer dependency packages.

#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 879 social mentions

First of all, don't install Python packages with OS package manager, period. Never do that. Use "pip install" instead. Second,Python ecosystem/tooling is a mess, so isolate it if possible. One way to do it is Conda https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/ I understand that's not always possible as a shitload of soft has now Python as a dependency, but still. And the last. One package manager seems to be missed in the discussion is PKGIN/PKGSRC https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/ It is the native package manager on SmartOS/illumos/OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris, NetBSD, and Minix. It is stable and fast. I doubt you get your GUI soft there tho.

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pkgsrc

Maybe [1] https://pkgsrc.org/ ? Check [2] https://pkgsrc.se/ before, to see if the availability and the'freshness' of packages fits your needs.

#Developer Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 8 social mentions

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asdf-vm

Asdf is the bees knees for dev tools. https://asdf-vm.com.

#Programming #Programming Tools #Version Manager 163 social mentions