Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Nix

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Application Builder Container Tools Containers As A Service Cross Platform App Dev Tools Developer Tools Front End Package Manager Linux Tools OS & Utilities Package Manager Programming Software Development Windows Tools

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The top open-source alternatives to Nix are pkgsrc, Homebrew, and Docker. 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.

pkgsrc Landing Page
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pkgsrc

pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager #Marketplaces 10 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
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Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Windows Tools 919 social mentions
Docker Landing Page
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Docker

Docker is an open platform that enables developers and system administrators to create distributed applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Container Tools #Rapid Application Development #Developer Tools 75 social mentions
MacPorts Landing Page
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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
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Windows Tools 5 social mentions
NuGet Landing Page
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NuGet

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

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #OS & Utilities #Package Manager 254 social mentions
NixOS Landing Page
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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
#Programming #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 272 social mentions
Flatpak Landing Page
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Flatpak

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Windows Tools 85 social mentions
GNU Guix Landing Page
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GNU Guix

Like Nix but GNU.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming #Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager 92 social mentions
Wasmer Landing Page
10

Wasmer

The Universal WebAssembly Runtime
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Cross Platform App Dev Tools #Developer Tools 53 social mentions
Vcpkg Landing Page
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Vcpkg

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

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #OS & Utilities #Package Manager 162 social mentions