Best mise Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from development environment managers ranked against mise on the same published basis.
- 1mise vs ActiveState Platform
- 2mise vs devenv
- 3mise vs Flox
- 4mise vs FVM
- 5mise vs vfox
- 6mise vs DDEV
- 7mise vs DevPod
- 8mise vs elan
- 9mise vs FlyEnv
- 10mise vs fnm
- 11mise vs GVM
- 12mise vs Nix
- 13mise vs nodenv
- 14mise vs nvm
- 15mise vs Rook
- 16mise vs Vagrant
- 17mise vs asdf
- 18mise vs goenv
- 19mise vs pyenv
- 20mise vs GNU Guix
mise 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 |
Make your app an alternative to mise
See the priceThe sponsored alternative slot on this page is labelled Sponsored.
Questions about mise alternatives
What is the best alternative to mise?
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 mise?
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.