Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GNOME Software

Product categories

App Store Code Collaboration Developer Tools Focus Music Front End Package Manager Linux Tools Mobile Apps Package Manager Software Marketplace Software Recommendations Windows Tools Work Music

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GNOME Software are Chocolatey, AppImagePool, and Homebrew. 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.

Chocolatey Landing Page
1

Chocolatey

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions
AppImagePool Landing Page
2

AIP

AppImagePool

A simple, modern AppImageHub Client made for linux using flutter.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Marketplace #Front End Package Manager #Code Collaboration
Homebrew Landing Page
3

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions
FLATHUB Landing Page
4

FLATHUB

Apps for Linux, right here
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Work Music 198 social mentions
AppImageLauncher Landing Page
5

AIL

AppImageLauncher

Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Marketplace #Front End Package Manager #App Store
Flatpak Landing Page
6

Flatpak

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Developer Tools 84 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
7

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
Fossdroid Landing Page
8

Fossdroid

The project's aim is to promote free and open source software on the Android platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Store #Mobile Apps #Software Marketplace 6 social mentions
Snapcraft Landing Page
9

Snapcraft

Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 87 social mentions
NixOS Landing Page
10

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
AppAgg Landing Page
11

AppAgg

Application Aggregator
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Software Marketplace #Code Collaboration #Software Recommendations 3 social mentions
Pacstall Landing Page
12

Pacstall

The AUR Ubuntu never had
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Software Marketplace #Work Music 13 social mentions