Top 7 Open-Source Alternatives to Windows Packager

Windows Packager

Windows Packager (wpkg) was created as a clone of dpkg that would run under the Microsoft Windows...

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Windows Packager are Chocolatey, RuckZuck, and pkgsrc. 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
RuckZuck Landing Page
2

RuckZuck

free open source package manager for windows with public software repository
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Software Marketplace 6 social mentions
pkgsrc Landing Page
3

pkgsrc

pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 8 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
4

Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 883 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
5

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
NixOS Landing Page
6

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
MacPorts Landing Page
7

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