Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Snapcraft

Product categories

App Store Code Collaboration Containers As A Service Developer Tools Focus Music Front End Package Manager JS Build Tools Linux Tools Package Manager Software Marketplace Windows Tools Work Music

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Snapcraft are Flatpak, FLATHUB, 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.

Flatpak Landing Page
1

Flatpak

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Developer Tools 84 social mentions
FLATHUB Landing Page
2

FLATHUB

Apps for Linux, right here
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Work Music 198 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
3

Homebrew

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

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
AppImageKit Landing Page
5

AppImageKit

Linux apps that run anywhere
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Software Marketplace #Package Manager 52 social mentions
Chocolatey Landing Page
6

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
7

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
AppImageLauncher Landing Page
8

AIL

AppImageLauncher

Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Marketplace #Front End Package Manager #App Store
Vcpkg Landing Page
9

Vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 23 social mentions
GNU Guix Landing Page
10

GNU Guix

Like Nix but GNU.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Developer Tools 90 social mentions
Yarn Landing Page
11

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 107 social mentions
AppImagePool Landing Page
12

AIP

AppImagePool

A simple, modern AppImageHub Client made for linux using flutter.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Marketplace #Front End Package Manager #Code Collaboration