Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Homebrew Cask

Homebrew Cask

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The top open-source alternatives to Homebrew Cask are Homebrew, NixOS, and MacPorts. 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.

Homebrew Landing Page
1

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions
NixOS Landing Page
2

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
MacPorts Landing Page
3

MacPorts

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
Flatpak Landing Page
4

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
pkgsrc Landing Page
5

pkgsrc

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
Cakebrew Landing Page
6

Cakebrew

Homebrew GUI app for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools
Chocolatey Landing Page
7

Chocolatey

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions
Yarn Landing Page
8

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 106 social mentions
Bower Landing Page
9

Bower

Bower is a package manager for the web.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 5 social mentions
FLATHUB Landing Page
10

FLATHUB

Apps for Linux, right here
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Work Music 198 social mentions
RubyGems Landing Page
11

RubyGems

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
Snapcraft Landing Page
12

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