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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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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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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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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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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Index
What are some of the best open-source Package Management projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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