function: package-manager
470 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| nubjs/nub Nub is an all-in-one Rust CLI toolkit for Node.js that runs TypeScript/JSX files, package.json scripts, and local CLIs on stock Node, plus … | 75 | 4122 | active |
| flox/flox Flox is a CLI-based software environment platform built on Nix that creates declarative, cryptographically pinned, reproducible development… | 98 | 4105 | active |
| cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake CPM.cmake is a small CMake script that adds setup-free, cross-platform dependency management to CMake projects. It wraps CMake's FetchConte… | 93 | 4105 | active |
| commercialhaskell/stack Stack is a cross-platform build tool and package manager for developing Haskell projects. It manages GHC toolchains, dependencies via Stack… | 87 | 4077 | stable |
| version-fox/vfox vfox is a cross-platform, plugin-extensible version manager (similar to nvm, sdkman, and asdf-vm) for installing and switching SDKs such as… | 87 | 3970 | active |
| rumboalla/apkupdater APKUpdater is an open-source Android app that finds updates for installed apps by aggregating results from multiple sources like APKMirror,… | 84 | 3955 | active |
| ruby/rubygems RubyGems is the package management framework for Ruby, providing the `gem` command to install, create, manage, and load gems (Ruby packages… | 95 | 3954 | stable |
| jspm/jspm JSPM is a package manager for browser-native ES modules built around import maps, comprising a CLI, the @jspm/generator library, and import… | 96 | 3867 | active |
| midday-ai/packrun packrun.dev is a web service and MCP server that scores, compares, and ranks npm packages across 50+ categories using live metrics like dow… | 52 | 3836 | active |
| nodejs/corepack Corepack is a zero-dependency Node.js tool that manages and proxies Yarn, npm, and pnpm versions per project, so developers don't need to i… | 89 | 3793 | active |
| luarocks/luarocks LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language, installing Lua modules as self-contained packages called rocks. It suppor… | 84 | 3722 | stable |
| rust-lang/crates.io The source code and infrastructure for crates.io, the official package registry for the Rust programming language. It includes a Rust backe… | 77 | 3683 | stable |
| microsoft/apm APM (Agent Package Manager) is an open-source dependency manager for AI coding agents, letting teams declare skills, prompts, instructions,… | 79 | 3644 | active |
| emscripten-core/emsdk The Emscripten SDK (emsdk) is a package-manager-style CLI tool that installs, activates, and switches between versions of the Emscripten co… | 76 | 3636 | active |
| Carthage/Carthage Carthage is a decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa (iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS) projects written in Swift. It builds dependencies into… | 41 | 15166 | maintenance |
| bower/bower Bower is a command-line package manager for front-end web dependencies, fetching packages over Git with a flat dependency tree and a regist… | 23 | 14911 | maintenance |
| CocoaPods CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects, resolving dependencies declared in a Podfile, fetching source… | 93 | 14831 | maintenance |
| glasskube/glasskube Glasskube is an open-source package manager for Kubernetes that installs, updates, and configures cluster packages via a CLI and a local we… | 10 | 3493 | active |
| munki/munki Munki is an open-source set of tools for managed software installation on macOS, pairing a webserver-based package repository with client-s… | 99 | 3456 | stable |
| killercup/cargo-edit cargo-edit is a Rust CLI tool extending Cargo with subcommands to modify Cargo.toml, such as upgrading dependency versions. Several of its … | 90 | 3444 | active |
| composer/satis Satis is a PHP CLI tool that generates a static Composer package repository from a set of package sources. The resulting registry can be ho… | 67 | 3294 | active |
| SynoCommunity/spksrc spksrc is a cross-compilation framework for building native software packages (SPKs) for Synology NAS devices running DSM. Packages built w… | 86 | 3200 | active |
| Ocramius/PackageVersions A Composer plugin for PHP that provides fast, zero-IO access to the installed version numbers of Composer dependencies. It compiles package… | 83 | 3171 | stable |
| RookieEnough/Orion-Store Orion Store is a privacy-focused Android app store client that distributes modded apps (like YouTube Morphe) and open-source tools using Gi… | 82 | 3169 | active |
| nix-community/nh nh is a Rust-based CLI helper that wraps and improves common Nix and NixOS commands, including flake-based rebuilds, home-manager, and nix-… | 98 | 3140 | active |
| radian-software/straight.el straight.el is a purely functional package manager for Emacs that installs packages directly from version-controlled sources with fully rep… | 77 | 3027 | active |
| Pana/nrm nrm is a command-line tool for managing and quickly switching between npm registries such as npm, cnpm, taobao, yarn, tencent, npmMirror, a… | 48 | 3016 | active |
| f-droid/fdroidclient The official Android client for F-Droid, the free and open-source software repository system. It lets users browse, install, and update FOS… | 67 | 3011 | active |
| jsr-io/jsr JSR is the open-source package registry for modern JavaScript and TypeScript, serving as an npm-compatible alternative with native TypeScri… | 70 | 2969 | active |
| webinstall/webi-installers The package repository for webinstall.dev (webi), a cross-platform installer that fetches official pre-built developer tools via simple cur… | 76 | 2967 | active |
| melpa/melpa MELPA is the largest community package archive for Emacs, built automatically from upstream source repositories using recipe files. This re… | 77 | 2965 | active |
| jasongin/nvs NVS (Node Version Switcher) is a cross-platform command-line tool for installing and switching between different versions and forks of Node… | 66 | 2961 | active |
| tpope/vim-pathogen pathogen.vim is a Vim plugin that manages the 'runtimepath' so plugins and runtime files can be installed in their own private directories … | 32 | 12127 | maintenance |
| shmykelsa/AAAD AAAD (Android Auto Apps Downloader) is an Android application that downloads and installs third-party Android Auto apps without requiring r… | 91 | 2918 | active |
| Roave/SecurityAdvisories A Composer package that acts as an exclusion list of known security vulnerabilities, preventing installation of dependency versions with do… | 77 | 2914 | active |
| aptly-dev/aptly aptly is a Swiss army knife for Debian/Ubuntu repository management, written in Go. It mirrors remote APT repositories, takes snapshots, ma… | 86 | 2875 | active |
| moovweb/gvm GVM (Go Version Manager) is a shell-based tool for installing, switching between, and managing multiple versions of the Go programming lang… | 32 | 11677 | maintenance |
| voidint/g g is a command-line tool for managing and switching between multiple versions of the Go programming language environment on Linux, macOS, a… | 63 | 2862 | active |
| pypa/setuptools Setuptools is the official build system and packaging library for Python, enabling developers to build, package, and distribute Python proj… | 97 | 2854 | stable |
| cargo-bins/cargo-binstall cargo-binstall is a Rust subcommand that installs prebuilt binaries of crates.io packages instead of compiling them from source with cargo … | 95 | 2839 | active |
| Botspot/pi-apps Pi-Apps is a free, open-source graphical app store for Raspberry Pi computers, written in shell scripts. It simplifies installing and unins… | 77 | 2794 | active |
| wickenico/WailBrew WailBrew is a modern, native graphical interface for the Homebrew package manager on macOS, built with Go, Wails, and React. It lets users … | 88 | 2779 | active |
| Entware/Entware Entware is a software repository and package build system providing ~3000 precompiled packages (via opkg) for embedded devices such as rout… | 76 | 2772 | active |
| habitat-sh/habitat Chef Habitat is an open-source application automation framework that packages applications with their dependencies and built-in automation … | 91 | 2750 | active |
| buo/homebrew-cask-upgrade brew-cask-upgrade is a Ruby-based external Homebrew command that upgrades every outdated app installed via Homebrew Cask. It replaces the n… | 74 | 2704 | active |
| jitpack/jitpack.io JitPack is a package repository for JVM and Android projects that builds Git projects on demand and serves ready-to-use artifacts (jar, aar… | 62 | 2663 | stable |
| KSP-CKAN/CKAN CKAN is a package manager and metadata repository for finding, installing, and managing Kerbal Space Program mods, inspired by Debian and C… | 82 | 2628 | active |
| NuGetPackageExplorer/NuGetPackageExplorer NuGet Package Explorer is a GUI application for creating, editing, inspecting, and deploying NuGet packages, available on Windows via the M… | 66 | 2548 | active |
| utooland/utoo Utoo is a unified, high-performance web development toolchain written in Rust, combining an npm-compatible package manager (utoo/ut), a Tur… | 93 | 2540 | active |
| yonaskolb/Mint Mint is a command-line package manager that installs and runs executable Swift packages built with the Swift Package Manager. It caches bui… | 50 | 2509 | active |
| chromebrew/chromebrew Chromebrew is a package manager for Chrome OS that installs prebuilt packages and builds software from source on Chromebooks with developer… | 67 | 2507 | active |
| rubygems/rubygems.org RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's central gem hosting service, a Rails application that lets developers publish, search, and install Rub… | 77 | 2437 | active |
| apple/homebrew-apple Apple's official Homebrew tap containing formulae such as the Game Porting Toolkit, which lets developers run Windows games on Apple Silico… | 29 | 2282 | active |
| winpython/winpython WinPython is a free, portable Python distribution for Windows that bundles Python with the scientific stack (Spyder, JupyterLab, NumPy, etc… | 95 | 2280 | active |
| pypa/flit Flit is a simple Python packaging tool for publishing packages and modules to PyPI. It generates pyproject.toml metadata, builds wheels and… | 76 | 2253 | active |
| linkease/istore iStore is an open-source app store for OpenWrt implemented purely in shell scripts using only standard OpenWrt components. It lets users se… | 77 | 2219 | active |
| ebkr/r2modmanPlus r2modman is a cross-platform desktop mod manager for games using the Thunderstore modding platform, such as Risk of Rain 2, Valheim, and Le… | 99 | 2206 | active |
| FlechazoPh/QLDependency A one-click shell script that installs all required dependencies for the Qinglong (青龙) timed task management panel. It automates setting up… | 93 | 2201 | active |
| iamzhihuix/skills-manage A Tauri-based desktop application for managing AI coding agent skills across Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Codex, and 20+ other platform… | 66 | 2199 | active |
| BoCloud/folib Folib is a self-hosted, all-language artifact repository manager supporting npm, Maven, PyPI, Docker, Go, Cargo, NuGet, Helm, and many othe… | 54 | 2178 | active |
| MMRLApp/MMRL MMRL is an Android application for managing, sharing, and exploring Magisk modules across decentralized community repositories. It supports… | 90 | 2143 | active |
| phusion/traveling-ruby Traveling Ruby provides self-contained, portable Ruby binaries that run on any Linux distribution, macOS machine, and (with caveats) Window… | 66 | 2137 | active |
| coursier/coursier Coursier is a dependency resolver and artifact fetcher for Maven/Ivy repositories, written in pure Scala, serving as the Scala application … | 98 | 2135 | active |
| nix-community/nix-on-droid Nix-on-Droid brings the Nix package manager to Android devices via a single-click F-Droid installable app based on a Termux terminal emulat… | 76 | 2135 | active |
| cnpm/cnpm cnpm is an npm client CLI for the npmmirror.com China registry, supporting all standard npm commands with faster installs via npminstall. I… | 67 | 2095 | active |
| modelcontextprotocol/mcpb MCP Bundles (MCPB, formerly DXT) is a packaging format and CLI tool for distributing local MCP servers as zip archives with a manifest, ena… | 65 | 2089 | active |
| fsprojects/Paket Paket is a dependency manager for .NET projects that handles NuGet packages, Git repositories, and HTTP resources with deterministic lockfi… | 88 | 2082 | active |
| artifacthub/hub Artifact Hub is a web-based application for finding, installing, and publishing Cloud Native packages such as Helm charts, OLM operators, F… | 82 | 2081 | active |
| Nexus-Mods/NexusMods.App The Nexus Mods App is a desktop mod installer, creator, and manager for popular games, developed by Nexus Mods. It runs on Windows and Linu… | 10 | 2049 | active |
| canonical/snapd snapd is the background daemon and snap CLI tool that manages snap packages on Linux systems, handling installation, updates, confinement, … | 95 | 2046 | stable |
| GoogleChromeLabs/jsvu jsvu is a CLI tool from GoogleChromeLabs that installs and updates recent versions of multiple JavaScript engines (V8, SpiderMonkey, JavaSc… | 75 | 2029 | active |
| zarf-dev/zarf Zarf is a free, open-source CLI package manager for declaratively packaging and deploying Kubernetes applications and cloud-native workload… | 95 | 2019 | active |
| tazjin/nixery Nixery is a Docker-compatible container registry that transparently builds container images on demand using the Nix package manager. Packag… | 66 | 2017 | active |
| stefanprodan/timoni Timoni is a package manager for Kubernetes powered by CUE, inspired by Helm, that packages apps as type-safe CUE modules distributed as OCI… | 98 | 2006 | active |
| php/pie PIE is the official PHP Installer for Extensions, replacing the deprecated PECL tool. Distributed as a PHAR, it downloads, builds, and inst… | 91 | 1996 | active |
| postmodern/ruby-install A Bash-based command-line tool that downloads, builds, and installs Ruby implementations including CRuby, JRuby, TruffleRuby, and mruby. It… | 66 | 1973 | active |
| bpkg/bpkg bpkg is a lightweight package manager for bash/shell scripts, handling fetching, installation, execution permissions, and per-project depen… | 36 | 1973 | active |
| bndr/pipreqs pipreqs is a Python CLI tool that generates a requirements.txt file by scanning a project's source code for imports and mapping them to PyP… | 56 | 7461 | maintenance |
| linkedin/shiv shiv is a command line utility from LinkedIn for building fully self-contained Python zipapps (PEP 441) with all dependencies bundled into … | 71 | 1946 | active |
| nix-community/NUR The Nix User Repository (NUR) is a community-driven meta repository aggregating user-contributed Nix package expressions, installable via a… | 77 | 1937 | active |
| NodeOS/NodeOS NodeOS is a lightweight operating system built on the Linux kernel that uses Node.js as its userspace and npm as its primary package manage… | 23 | 7345 | maintenance |
| jdx/aube aube is a fast Node.js package manager written in Rust that auto-installs dependencies when you run scripts, with secure defaults like a li… | 77 | 1925 | active |
| fosskers/aura Aura is a multilingual package manager for Arch Linux that extends pacman with AUR support and additional features like package downgrading… | 72 | 1917 | active |
| roswell/roswell Roswell is a command-line utility that installs, manages, and launches Common Lisp implementations and integrates with Quicklisp. It also p… | 76 | 1903 | active |
| stackblitz-labs/pkg.pr.new pkg.pr.new is a continuous preview release service for open-source libraries that publishes npm-installable packages from every commit and … | 69 | 1901 | active |
| openupm/openupm OpenUPM is an open-source Unity Package Manager (UPM) registry service that hosts, builds, and automatically publishes open-source Unity pa… | 67 | 1895 | active |
| mxcl/swift-sh swift-sh is a command-line tool that lets you write Swift scripts with third-party dependencies declared inline via import comments, withou… | 61 | 1892 | active |
| volitank/nala Nala is a command-line front-end for libapt-pkg, rewritten in Rust on top of rust-apt, that makes APT package operations easier to inspect … | 76 | 1883 | active |
| github/pages-gem A Ruby gem that bundles the exact dependency versions Jekyll, plugins, and themes used by GitHub Pages, so a local Jekyll environment match… | 27 | 1873 | active |
| abusoww/tuxmate TuxMate is a web-based cross-distro Linux app installer command generator. Users select the applications they want, and it produces inspect… | 49 | 1836 | active |
| numtide/llm-agents.nix A Nix package repository providing pre-packaged AI coding agents and development tools (Claude Code, Amp, Codex, Cline, etc.) installable v… | 58 | 1830 | active |
| aquaproj/aqua aqua is a declarative CLI version manager written in Go that manages tool versions per project via configuration files, with lazy installat… | 94 | 1819 | active |
| erlang/rebar3 Rebar3 is the official build tool for Erlang, handling compilation, dependency and Hex package management, testing, and release packaging i… | 86 | 1818 | stable |
| composer/packagist The source code of Packagist.org, the default package repository for Composer that aggregates public PHP packages. It is a Symfony web appl… | 77 | 1818 | active |
| sdkman/sdkman-cli SDKMAN! is a command-line tool for managing parallel versions of multiple Software Development Kits (primarily JVM-related like Java, Kotli… | 93 | 6834 | maintenance |
| chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI Chocolatey GUI is a WPF desktop application providing a graphical interface for the Chocolatey package manager on Windows. It lets users in… | 92 | 1816 | active |
| tidyverse/tidyverse The tidyverse package is an R metapackage that installs and loads the core tidyverse packages (ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, readr, purrr, tibble,… | 35 | 1799 | stable |
| damnever/pigar pigar is a Python CLI tool that automatically generates requirements.txt files by analyzing import statements in a project's source code, i… | 71 | 1794 | active |
| lirantal/npq npq is a command-line tool that audits npm packages for security risks before installing them, checking CVE databases and applying syntacti… | 95 | 1789 | active |
| ekalinin/nodeenv nodeenv is a Python-based CLI tool that creates isolated Node.js virtual environments with their own installation directories, similar to P… | 74 | 1789 | stable |