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Top 9 Open-Source Alternatives to Fink

Homebrew MacPorts pkgsrc NixOS GNU Guix Chocolatey Cakebrew RubyGems Grunt

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Fink are Homebrew, MacPorts, and pkgsrc. 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.
  1. The missing package manager for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 877 social mentions

  2. 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.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 5 social mentions

  3. 3
    pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

  4. 4
    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

  5. Like Nix but GNU.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Developer Tools 90 social mentions

  6. The sane way to manage software on Windows.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions

  7. Homebrew GUI app for macOS
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools

  8. RubyGems. org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and then install them. Use the API find out more about available gems. Become a contributor and improve the site yourself.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Code Collaboration 95 social mentions

  9. 9
    The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 14 social mentions

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