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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-alternatives

    The sane way to manage software on Windows.

    Open Source

  2. 56
    /iterm2-alternatives

    A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.

    Open Source

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  4. 48
    /visual-studio-code-alternatives

    Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft

    Open Source

  5. 38
    /rectangle-alternatives

    Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.

    Open Source

  6. 44
    /scoop-alternatives

    A command-line installer for Windows

    Open Source

  7. 42
    /nixos-alternatives

    25 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.

    Open Source

  8. 32
    /conda-alternatives

    Binary package manager with support for environments.

  9. 32
    /macports-alternatives

    The 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.

    Open Source

  10. 21
    /appcleaner-alternatives

    AppCleaner 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.

  11. 29
    /flatpak-alternatives

    Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux

    Open Source

  12. 28
    /ninite-alternatives

    Ninite is the easiest way to install software.

  13. 33
    /synaptic-alternatives

    Please take a minute to watch our video, it gives an overview of Synaptic's role in financial services.

  14. 20
    /pkgsrc-alternatives

    pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.

    Open Source

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  1. regal avatar
    regal
    · about 2 months ago
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    Great for installing open-source apps on macOS

  2. Stan Bright avatar
    Stan Bright
    · about 2 months ago
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    If you are a software engineer working on a mac - you can't get away from using Homebrew. And it just works.

  3. User avatar
    aishot
    · 6 months ago
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    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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    Dream100-AI
    · 6 months ago
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    Missing packages