Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to NuGet

The top open-source alternatives to NuGet are Chocolatey, Scoop, 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
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
Homebrew Landing Page
3

Homebrew

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

CocoaPods

The Dependency Manager for iOS & Mac projects
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Forms #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 16 social mentions
Webpack Landing Page
5

Webpack

Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 220 social mentions
Yarn Landing Page
6

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 107 social mentions
Gradle Landing Page
7

Gradle

Accelerate developer productivity. Gradle helps teams build, automate and deliver better software, faster. DocsExplore the documentation of Gradle. Find installation ..
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 37 social mentions
Paket Landing Page
8

Paket

Paket is a dependency manager for .NET and mono.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager
Meson Landing Page
9

Meson

Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 43 social mentions
Bower Landing Page
10

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
Ninja Build Landing Page
11

Ninja Build

Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 22 social mentions
MacPorts Landing Page
12

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