Most popular package-manager repositories and open source projects

A package manager is a set of tools that automates and manages computer software. They deal with packages, or collections, of bundled files. Package managers make it easy to install, upgrade, or remove software for a computer's operating system.

Mint

A package manager that installs and runs executable Swift packages

100   2048   2048  

CPM.cmake

📦 CMake's missing package manager. A small CMake script for setup-free...

134   1988   1988  

ied

:package: Like npm, but faster - an alternative package manager for No...

76   1986   1986  

Paket

A dependency manager for .NET with support for NuGet packages and Git...

527   1939   1939  

hunter

CMake driven cross-platform package manager for C/C++. Linux, Windows,...

496   1892   1892  

bpkg

Lightweight bash package manager

96   1765   1765  

aura

A secure, multilingual package manager for Arch Linux and the AUR.

110   1510   1510  

modern-cpp-template

A template for modern C++ projects using CMake, Clang-Format, CI, unit...

177   1405   1405  

Shrine

A TempleOS distro for heretics

68   1336   1336  

macports-ports

The MacPorts ports tree

1191   1266   1266  

niv

Easy dependency management for Nix projects

60   1163   1163  

ort

A suite of tools to assist with reviewing Open Source Software depende...

234   1115   1115  

nimble

Package manager for the Nim programming language.

157   1109   1109  

opam

opam is a source-based package manager. It supports multiple simultane...

332   1086   1086  

dnf

Package manager based on libdnf and libsolv. Replaces YUM.

366   1079   1079  

Zebra

🦓 A Useful Package Manager for iOS

192   1069   1069  

libraries.io

:books: The Open Source Discovery Service

221   1058   1058  

basher

A package manager for shell scripts.

77   1032   1032  

peru

a generic package manager, for including other people's code in your p...

77   991   991  

deb-get

apt-get functionality for .debs published in 3rd party repositories or...

104   968   968  

fusesoc

Package manager and build abstraction tool for FPGA/ASIC development

202   951   951  

fdroidclient

Android client application.

124   937   937  

pacstall

An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu

26   922   922  

buckaroo

The decentralized package manager for C++ and friends 🏝️

32   916   916  

orogene

A next-generation platform and package manager for Node.js-compatible...

40   909   909  

ostree

Operating system and container binary deployment and upgrades

254   905   905  

pacapt

An ArchLinux's pacman-like shell wrapper for many package managers. 56...

69   891   891  

volt

An experimental package management tool for JavaScript. Upto 30x faste...

25   837   837  

dorado

🐟 Yet Another bucket for lovely Scoop

87   835   835  

hb-appstore

Homebrew App Store - GUI for downloading/managing homebrew apps for vi...

58   823   823  

topgrade

Upgrade all the things

57   813   813  

Rome

Carthage cache for S3, Minio, Ceph, Google Storage, Artifactory and ma...

57   805   805  

dagger.js

A lightweight html-based runtime web frontend framework

44   789   789  

npq

🎖safely* install packages with npm or yarn by auditing them as part of...

28   783   783  

trizen

Lightweight AUR Package Manager

37   773   773  

conan-center-index

Recipes for the ConanCenter repository

1345   764   764  

scoop-directory

A searchable directory of buckets for the scoop package manager for Wi...

70   760   760  

macports-base

The MacPorts command-line client

230   758   758  

gel

A modern gem manager: Gel is a lightweight alternative to Bundler

26   757   757  

Trex

Package Manager for deno 🦕

21   734   734  

spago

🍝 PureScript package manager and build tool powered by Dhall and packa...

115   722   722  

cmake-conan

CMake wrapper for conan C and C++ package manager

222   702   702  

rpm-ostree

⚛📦 Hybrid image/package system with atomic upgrades and package layeri...

175   700   700  

pkg

Package management tool for FreeBSD. Help at #pkg on Libera Chat or pk...

265   686   686  

Projeny

A project and package manager for Unity

88   685   685  

rfcs

Public change requests/proposals & ideation

277   684   684  

fpm

Fortran Package Manager (fpm)

78   674   674  

UpmGitExtension

This package extends the UI of Unity Package Manager (UPM) for the pac...

70   671   671  

NuGet.Client

Client Tools for NuGet - including Visual Studio extensions, command l...

677   652   652  

poac

Package Manager for C++

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