Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft Store

Product categories

Developer Tools Front End Package Manager Game Engine Gaming JS Build Tools Linux Tools Maps OS & Utilities Online Games Package Manager Software Marketplace Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Microsoft Store are Chocolatey, Scoop, and ucaresystem core. 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
Scoop Landing Page
2

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
ucaresystem core Landing Page
3

ucaresystem core

Noob Linux Admin notepad and various utillities
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Software Marketplace
NuGet Landing Page
4

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
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
Vcpkg Landing Page
6

Vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 24 social mentions
Yarn Landing Page
7

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 110 social mentions
MacPorts Landing Page
8

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
FLATHUB Landing Page
9

FLATHUB

Apps for Linux, right here
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Work Music 198 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
10

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 881 social mentions
Foundry Virtual Tabletop Landing Page
11

Foundry Virtual Tabletop

A self-hosted, modern, and developer-friendly roleplaying platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Engine #Gaming #Online Games 319 social mentions
AppGet Landing Page
12

AppGet

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