Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to pkgsrc

pkgsrc

pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.

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The top open-source alternatives to pkgsrc are Homebrew, Docker, and iTerm2. 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
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Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
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- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 946 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.
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- Open Source
#Container Tools #Rapid Application Development #Developer Tools 80 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
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iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
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- Open Source
#Server Configuration And Automation #Developer Tools #SSH 118 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.
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- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Windows Tools 5 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.
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- Open Source
#Programming #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 285 social mentions
GNU Guix Landing Page
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GNU Guix

Like Nix but GNU.
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- Open Source
#Productivity #Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager 96 social mentions
Insomnia REST Landing Page
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Insomnia REST

Design, debug, test, and mock APIs locally, on Git, or cloud. Build better APIs collaboratively for the most popular protocols with a dev‑friendly UI, built-in automation, and an extensible plugin ecosystem.
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- Open Source
#API #API Tools #Developer Tools 134 social mentions
Postman Landing Page
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Postman

The Collaboration Platform for API Development
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- Open Source
#API Tools #Developer Tools #APIs 30 social mentions
Chocolatey Landing Page
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Chocolatey

The sane way to manage software on Windows.
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- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #OS & Utilities #Package Manager 257 social mentions
Sublime Text Landing Page
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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
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- Open Source
#Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 3 social mentions
Flatpak Landing Page
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Flatpak

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager 90 social mentions
asdf-vm Landing Page
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asdf-vm

An extendable version manager
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming #Developer Tools #Programming Tools 184 social mentions