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Top 23 Package Management Open-Source Projects
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At the same time it was deprecated[1] in Homebrew. Hope the mainstream will address the issue.
[1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/199559
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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Project mention: Wombat - Syntax Highlighting with Rust's Bat Called from Crystal | dev.to | 2025-01-15
To automate library version updates, I introduced Renovate. Although I'm not very familiar with it, adding the following JSON file to the repository enables it to work:
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fpm
Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.
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patch-package - Lets app authors instantly make and keep fixes to npm dependencies.
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While the ArchWSL and Fedora WSL at MS Store may seem great at first before installing, these distros have often showed compatibility issues and sometimes very weird bugs; even conflicts with scoop or chocolatey apps.
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Project mention: Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust | dev.to | 2025-04-17
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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Project mention: Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust | dev.to | 2025-04-17
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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Project mention: Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust | dev.to | 2025-04-17
If you’ve been managing Python projects long enough, you’ve probably dealt with a mess of tools: pip, pip-tools, poetry, virtualenv, conda, maybe even pdm.
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conda
A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.
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Project mention: Aurora: Maintenance-free, reliable and fast OS, stable like a Chromebook | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-30
> none of the docs really mention this
Searching for the sister distro you mentioned, this[1] was one of the first links I stumbled upon, which included a link to the ARM ISO[2] and checksum[3] along with this note:
> No homebrew, they don’t have arm builds, we will include Pixi[4] instead, which is a nice package manager built on the popular conda ecosystem - there’s some good stuff in there!
[1] https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-lts-alpha-f...
[2] https://download.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-lts-arm64.iso
[3] https://download.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-lts-arm64.iso-CHE...
[4] https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi
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LuaRocks
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The following code snippet highlights the real-life use case that inspired me to build a continuous aggregates macro for better time-series data aggregations. It’s part of a RubyGems contribution I made, and it’s still a work in progress. However, it’s worth validating how this idea can reduce the Ruby code you’ll have to maintain.
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You can use topgrade (https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade) to update system, homebrew, npm, python, cargo with only one command. It also works on Linux and Windows.
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safety
Safety checks Python dependencies for known security vulnerabilities and suggests the proper remediations for vulnerabilities detected.
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Project mention: Azure has broken bioconda CI for 10 days running | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-20
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NuGet
NuGet Gallery is a package repository that powers https://www.nuget.org. Use this repo for reporting NuGet.org issues.
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Package Management discussion
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Say Hello to UV: A Fast Python Package & Project Manager Written in Rust
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Uv overtakes Poetry (for Wagtail users)
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PEP 486 – Make the Python Launcher aware of virtual environments (2015)
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⚙️ Building a better Ruby ORM for time series and analytics
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UV has a killer feature you should know about
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renovate.json file in Lobechat source code explained
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Conda init slows shell startup immensely
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Package Management projects? This list will help you:
# | Project | Stars |
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1 | Homebrew-cask | 21,326 |
2 | renovate | 18,953 |
3 | CocoaPods | 14,698 |
4 | fpm | 11,287 |
5 | patch-package | 10,792 |
6 | Chocolatey | 10,751 |
7 | pip | 9,786 |
8 | PDM | 8,370 |
9 | glide | 8,130 |
10 | pip-tools | 7,887 |
11 | conda | 6,871 |
12 | pixi | 4,381 |
13 | luarocks | 3,453 |
14 | BaGet | 2,684 |
15 | habitat | 2,630 |
16 | RubyGems | 2,366 |
17 | topgrade | 2,412 |
18 | Paket | 2,047 |
19 | bpkg | 1,926 |
20 | safety | 1,839 |
21 | bioconda-recipes | 1,723 |
22 | NuGet | 1,576 |
23 | Gem in a Box | 1,507 |