FSL vs appget

FSL

A Package Manager. (by Gordae)

package-manager Package Management

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appget

Free and open package manager for Windows. (by appget)

C# Windows package-manager fleet-management

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FSL		appget
	Project
1	Mentions	4
2	Stars	412
-	Growth	0.7%
6.2	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C#	Language	C#
-	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

FSL

Posts with mentions or reviews of FSL. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

FSL
1 project | /r/opensource | 25 Nov 2021

appget

Posts with mentions or reviews of appget. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-27.

Winget doesn't get enough love around here.
5 projects | /r/sysadmin | 27 Apr 2022
Windows Package Manager 1.1
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Oct 2021

It has been admitted.
This is what an 'extinguish' looks like after embracing the idea of a Windows package manager by interviewing the creator of AppGet [0][1] and then dumping him to skip the extend part to full on copy it [2] with no credit and bundling it in the OS.
This is a rare straight extinguish after an embrace, especially in open source.
[0] https://keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/
[1] https://appget.net/
[2] https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21272964/microsoft-winget...
Microsoft: If you have to write a Tech Community article about training users on which of two Teams apps to use in Windows 11, maybe your design is bad?
3 projects | /r/sysadmin | 6 Oct 2021
Chocolatey
3 projects | /r/sysadmin | 19 Aug 2021

One thing to keep an eye on is Microsoft's winget. Based off 'AppGet' but unfortunately MS don't prominently allude to winget's origins, although they have offhand mentioned it.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FSL and appget you can also consider the following projects:

NuGet - NuGet Gallery is a package repository that powers https://www.nuget.org. Use this repo for reporting NuGet.org issues.

winget-pkgs - The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository

BaGet - A lightweight NuGet and symbol server

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

winget-create - The Windows Package Manager Manifest Creator command-line tool (aka wingetcreate)

UpmGitExtension - This package extends the UI of Unity Package Manager (UPM) for the packages installed from git repository.

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).

Basic-DeBloat - Debloat Windows 10 by whitelisting the apps you want to keep.

Homebrew-cask - 🍻 A CLI workflow for the administration of macOS applications distributed as binaries

MahApps.Metro - A framework that allows developers to cobble together a better UI for their own WPF applications with minimal effort.