Best frum Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from development environment managers ranked against frum on the same published basis.
- 1frum vs ActiveState Platform
- 2frum vs devenv
- 3frum vs Flox
- 4frum vs FVM
- 5frum vs vfox
- 6frum vs DDEV
- 7frum vs DevPod
- 8frum vs elan
- 9frum vs FlyEnv
- 10frum vs fnm
- 11frum vs GVM
- 12frum vs Nix
- 13frum vs nodenv
- 14frum vs nvm
- 15frum vs Rook
- 16frum vs Vagrant
- 17frum vs asdf
- 18frum vs goenv
- 19frum vs pyenv
- 20frum vs GNU Guix
frum alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ActiveState Platform | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | devenv | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Flox | 6.6 | Free plan | $20/mo | Browser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | FVM | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 5 | vfox | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 6 | DDEV | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 7 | DevPod | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 8 | elan | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 9 | FlyEnv | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 10 | fnm | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 11 | GVM | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 12 | Nix | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 13 | nodenv | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 14 | nvm | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | Rook | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 16 | Vagrant | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, Windows |
| 17 | asdf | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 18 | goenv | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac |
| 19 | pyenv | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 20 | GNU Guix | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted |
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Questions about frum alternatives
What is the best alternative to frum?
ActiveState Platform, number 1 in development environment managers with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: devenv, Flox, FVM and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to frum?
ActiveState Platform is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.