Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Chocolatey

The top open-source alternatives to Chocolatey are Scoop, Homebrew, and WAPT Community. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Scoop Landing Page
1

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
2

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions
WAPT Community Landing Page
3

WAPT Community

Deploy your software and configurations, perform an inventory of your machines in real time, control Windows Updates and benefit from customized reporting of your IT assets
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- €10.0 / Annually (per PC)
#Software Marketplace #Code Collaboration #Software Recommendations
AppGet Landing Page
4

AppGet

Free and Opensource package manager for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Software Marketplace 2 social mentions
RuckZuck Landing Page
5

RuckZuck

free open source package manager for windows with public software repository
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Software Marketplace 6 social mentions
Yarn Landing Page
6

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 107 social mentions
NixOS Landing Page
7

NixOS

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.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Linux Tools 246 social mentions
PortableApps.com Landing Page
8

PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #LMS #Bookmarks 149 social mentions
NuGet Landing Page
9

NuGet

The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository for NuGet, the package manager for .NET.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 38 social mentions
Vcpkg Landing Page
10

Vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 23 social mentions
Snapcraft Landing Page
11

Snapcraft

Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 88 social mentions
Zero Install Landing Page
12

Zero Install

Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#OS & Utilities #Software Marketplace #Code Collaboration 4 social mentions