Top 15 Chocolatey Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind. It is built on top of NuGet command line and the NuGet infrastructure.
In terms of updates, it allows you to update nearly everything on your machine with a few simple keystrokes.

1. OneGet

OneGet OneGet is a unified interface to package management systems and aims to make Software Discovery, Installation and Inventory (SDII) work via a common set of cmdlets (and eventually a set of APIs). Regardless of the installation technology underneath, users can use these common cmdlets to install/uninstall packages, add/remove/query package repositories,......

2. DCP Setup Maker

DCP Setup Maker Powerful simple-to-use application to generate stable and multi-platform installers.Its intuitive user interface and exceptional ease of use makes it very easy to build complex desktop or web installers with large amounts of files.......

3. WAPT APT-get

WAPT APT-get WAPT is a package manager for Windows which provides installation, removal and upgrades of software in managed environment. Software can be deployed through a central management console. WAPT was modeled on GNU/Linux Debian APT, hence its name.......

4. Pint

Pint Pint (Portable INsTaller) - a minimalistic command line package manager for Windows, which fits into a single file.Features:- Downloads, unpacks and removes selected applications.- Checks for updates and downloads them if available.- Extracts downloads links from websites using Xidel.- Supports RSS and PAD files as link sources, has predefined......

5. macapps.link

macapps.link The best alternative to Ninite for Mac. Get multiple apps silently. Just choose what apps to install and get apps installed automatically, fast and easy.......

6. Effing Package Management!

Effing Package Management! The packaging formats used by different distributions of Linux can be a pain point for software developers wishing to release their projects in an easily consumable way. Debian and Ubuntu rely on .deb packages, while Fedora and RedHat both use .rpm style packaging systems. These are incompatible and the tools......

7. pnpm

pnpm Fast, disk space efficient package manager......

8. alien pkg convert

alien pkg convert Alien is a program that converts between the rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file formats. If you want to use a package from another distribution than the one you have installed on your system, you can use alien to convert it to your preferred package format and install......

9. Synaptic

Synaptic Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+. * Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages. * Upgrade your whole system. * Manage package repositories (sources.list). * Find packages......

10. GNU Guix

GNU Guix GNU Guix (pronounced like "geeks") is a purely functional package manager and an operating system from the GNU project. The package manager is based on Nix and is powered by Guile. The OS includes a Linux-Libre kernel and dmd, a Scheme-based init system.......

11. RubyGems

RubyGems RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and install them. Use the API to interact and find out......

12. YUM Package Manager

YUM Package Manager Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm. Yum has a plugin interface for adding......

13. Ubuntu Software Center

Ubuntu Software Center The Ubuntu Software Centre gives you instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications. And now you can buy apps from some of the leading providers too. All our software is easy to find and install so you can have a customised desktop that suits you in no time.......

14. Pak

Pak Embedthis Pak is a generic package manager for application components. It makes it easy to retrieve, integrate and manage components for applications. Pak manages dependencies for you and automatically retrieves dependent paks if required. The Online Pak Catalog provides tested, integrated componens that are designed work together. Pak makes it......

15. IzPack

IzPack IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications.It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an alternative to native solutions such as platform-specific installers and package managers.IzPack-generated installers only require a Java virtual machine to run.Many companies and projects have been using......