Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Vcpkg

Product categories

Application Builder Code Collaboration Container Tools Containers As A Service Developer Tools Front End Package Manager IDE JS Build Tools Kids Linux Tools Package Manager Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Vcpkg are Chocolatey, Homebrew, and Scoop. 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
Homebrew Landing Page
2

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Windows Tools 877 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
3

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 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
Docker Landing Page
5

Docker

Docker is an open platform that enables developers and system administrators to create distributed applications.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #Container Tools 62 social mentions
apm Landing Page
6

apm

Atom Package Manager https://atom.io/packages
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Front End Package Manager #Kids 3 social mentions
Flatpak Landing Page
7

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
Yarn Landing Page
8

Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 107 social mentions
Snapcraft Landing Page
9

Snapcraft

Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Windows Tools 88 social mentions
Verdaccio Landing Page
10

Verdaccio

Verdaccio is a lightweight private npm proxy registry built in Node.js
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Code Collaboration #Front End Package Manager 27 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
11

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1012 social mentions
GNU Guix Landing Page
12

GNU Guix

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