libdnf vs poac

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libdnf		poac
	Project
3	Mentions	2
179	Stars	944
2.8%	Growth	7.9%
7.7	Activity	9.6
1 day ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	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.

libdnf

Posts with mentions or reviews of libdnf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-29.

What do you think of DNF?
3 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 29 Aug 2022

dnf uses python only for command line functionality. Its core part, libdnf, is written in C++. However yes, dnf in my experience is still significantly slower than apt and pacman.
Can we stop calling user friendly distros "beginner distros"
2 projects | /r/linux | 29 Jun 2022

it doesn't do that. Everything is handled by libdnf - https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/tree/dnf-4-master/libdnf
Interesting: DNF has recently gained "Vendor Pinning" almost like on Zypper/openSUSE
3 projects | /r/Fedora | 23 Nov 2021

libdnf: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/pull/907

poac

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

Equivalent of Cargo for C++: Poac (author says in-development)
1 project | /r/cpp | 12 May 2023
Poac – a package manager for C++ like Cargo for Rust
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing libdnf and poac you can also consider the following projects:

dnf - Package manager based on libdnf and libsolv. Replaces YUM.

cppan - Project evolved into Software Network: https://github.com/SoftwareNetwork/sw

PS4-4PT - PS4 Advanced Packaging Tool

bpt - A C++ tool for a new decade

ci-dnf-stack - CI tests for the dnf stack

hb-appstore - Homebrew App Store - GUI for downloading/managing homebrew apps

recipes - Miscellaneous notes on how to achieve things.

nix - Nix, the purely functional package manager

cpk - Light and fast package manager on C/C++ for C/C++/Python/Rust/Js packages

npackd-cpp - Package manager for Microsoft Windows (GUI and command line utility)

microdnf - Lightweight implementation of dnf in C

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).