pkgsrc VS homebrew-cask-versions

Compare pkgsrc vs homebrew-cask-versions and see what are their differences.

pkgsrc

NetBSD/pkgsrc fork for our binary package repositories (by TritonDataCenter)
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homebrew-cask-versions

🔢 Alternate versions of Casks (by Homebrew)
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129 1,185
1.6% 0.6%
0.0 10.0
6 days ago 6 days ago
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pkgsrc

Posts with mentions or reviews of pkgsrc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-08.

homebrew-cask-versions

Posts with mentions or reviews of homebrew-cask-versions. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-02.
  • Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Ventura 13.3 to Developers (build: 22E5230e)
    1 project | /r/MacOSBeta | 4 Mar 2023
    https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions/blob/master/Casks/safari-technology-preview.rb -> that would brew install safari-technology-preview then, remembered it right.
  • Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Nov 2021
    > If I just wanted to install google-chrome, sublime, and skype, I would use the app store.

    None of those is available on the Mac App Store. I don’t understand the argument you’re trying to make.

    > In contrast to how it used to be, Homebrew now seems designed for people that only want popular bleeding edge packages, and nobody else.

    Homebrew Cask—which is what you’re referring to in the reminder of that paragraph—has always been focused on the latest versions of packages. The versions repo[1] is secondary with stricter rules for acceptance.

    [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pkgsrc and homebrew-cask-versions you can also consider the following projects:

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

nix-config - Mirror of http://chriswarbo.net/git/nix-config

homebrew-core - 🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

opensource.how - Open-source etiquette

homebrew-graph - Creates a dependency graph of Homebrew formulae.

arkade - Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools

PostgresApp - The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac

.nixpkgs

nix-dotfiles - Dotfiles for my Nix setup

pkgsrc vs HomeBrew homebrew-cask-versions vs HomeBrew pkgsrc vs nix-config homebrew-cask-versions vs homebrew-core pkgsrc vs opensource.how homebrew-cask-versions vs nix-config pkgsrc vs homebrew-graph homebrew-cask-versions vs arkade pkgsrc vs PostgresApp homebrew-cask-versions vs .nixpkgs pkgsrc vs homebrew-core homebrew-cask-versions vs nix-dotfiles