winget-cli VS homebrew-core

Compare winget-cli vs homebrew-core and see what are their differences.

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). (by microsoft)

homebrew-core

🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (by danielbair)
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winget-cli homebrew-core
283 1
22,072 0
1.5% -
9.3 0.0
6 days ago over 4 years ago
C++
MIT License BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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winget-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of winget-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-19.

homebrew-core

Posts with mentions or reviews of homebrew-core. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-05.
  • Homebrew 3.0.0
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2021
    >it's a terrible dictatorial piece of software that wants to command precisely how you use your computer

    I've also seen examples of where Homebrew is basically dictating on how to release your software as well. There was that one case where they decided to delete the formula for mpv since mpv didn't have a recent enough of a tagged release.

    https://github.com/danielbair/homebrew-core/commit/b18f104f1...

    There was also an instance with mpv where Homebrew devs got pissy about mpv not supporting Lua 5.3 and mpv devs got angry at Homebrew devs for asking to break existing user scripts to appease one package manager.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing winget-cli and homebrew-core you can also consider the following projects:

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS

Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.

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

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

alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS

oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows

qBittorrent - qBittorrent BitTorrent client

Windows10Debloater - Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.

PowerToys - Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

FanControl.Releases - This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.