Best Package Managers in 2026
Updated
93 package managers ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
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0free plans on this page
5 Oct 2026last checked
0 of the 25 here have a free tier you can use, 0 have open-source code on record, and 0 have full bars: free, open, on most of your devices and documented.
| # | App | Signal | Free tier | Open code | Devices | From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | CarthageMac · iPhone | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.9 |
| 52 | Clojure CLIWindows · Mac · Linux | Two bars | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.9 |
| 53 | Gentoo PortageLinux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.8 |
| 54 | pkgsrcMac · Linux | No signal | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.8 |
| 55 | ShardsWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.8 |
| 56 | cpanWindows · Mac · Linux | Two bars | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.8 |
| 57 | ScoopWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.7 |
| 58 | ZypperLinux | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.7 |
| 59 | LuaRocksWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.7 |
| 60 | Racket Package ManagerWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.7 |
| 61 | Apache IvyNo platforms listed | No signal | — | — | 0 of 6 | — | 5.6 |
| 62 | MSYS2Windows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 63 | PamacLinux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 64 | Alpine apk-toolsLinux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 65 | XBPSLinux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 66 | tdnfLinux | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 67 | PEARWindows · Mac · Linux | Two bars | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.5 |
| 68 | Zero InstallWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 69 | NalaLinux | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 70 | MacPortsMac | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 71 | QuicklispWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 72 | CLPMWindows · Mac · Linux | One bar | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 73 | HaxelibWindows · Mac · Linux | Two bars | — | — | 3 of 6 | — | 5.4 |
| 74 | pkg_addNo platforms listed | No signal | — | — | 0 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
| 75 | FreeBSD pkgNo platforms listed | No signal | — | — | 0 of 6 | — | 5.3 |
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | Free plan | Paid from | Package formats | Supported platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Carthage | 5.9 | No | Yes | — | framework, xcframework | macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS |
| 52 | Clojure CLI | 5.9 | No | Yes | — | Maven JARs, Git repositories, local directories, local JARs | Windows, macOS, Linux, POSIX systems; Java required |
| 53 | Gentoo Portage | 5.8 | No | Yes | — | ebuild, binary packages | Linux |
| 54 | pkgsrc | 5.8 | No | Yes | — | source packages; binary packages | NetBSD, Solaris, SmartOS, illumos, Linux, macOS (Darwin), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, MINIX 3, SCO OpenServer/UnixWare, HP-UX |
| 55 | Shards | 5.8 | No | Yes | — | Crystal shards defined in shard.yml | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| 56 | cpan | 5.8 | No | Yes | — | Perl modules; Perl distributions, commonly .tar.gz archives | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| 57 | Scoop | 5.7 | No | Yes | — | ZIP, 7z, TAR, GZ, LZMA, LZH archives; installer files; single-file apps; PowerShell scripts | Windows 10 and newer; Windows Server 2016 and newer; Windows 7/8 and Server 2008/2012 with PowerShell 5.1 |
| 58 | Zypper | 5.7 | No | Yes | — | RPM packages and source RPM packages | Linux, including openSUSE and SUSE Enterprise Linux |
| 59 | LuaRocks | 5.7 | No | Yes | — | .rock, .rockspec | Linux, macOS, Windows, Unix, FreeBSD, Cygwin |
| 60 | Racket Package Manager | 5.7 | No | Yes | — | ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TAR.GZ, PLT archives; directories; Git and GitHub repositories | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 61 | Apache Ivy | 5.6 | No | Yes | — | Ivy files, Maven POMs, OSGi bundles | Java/JRE |
| 62 | MSYS2 | 5.5 | No | — | — | tar.zst, tar.xz | Windows 10 1809+ x86_64; Windows 10 ARM64 |
| 63 | Pamac | 5.5 | No | Yes | — | ALPM, AUR, Appstream, Flatpak, Snap | Linux, especially Manjaro Linux |
| 64 | Alpine apk-tools | 5.5 | No | Yes | — | — | Linux |
| 65 | XBPS | 5.5 | No | Yes | — | XBPS binary packages | Linux |
| 66 | tdnf | 5.5 | No | Yes | — | RPM | Linux |
| 67 | PEAR | 5.5 | No | — | — | phar, tar, tgz, zip | Windows, Unix/Linux/BSD, macOS |
| 68 | Zero Install | 5.4 | No | — | — | — | — |
| 69 | Nala | 5.4 | No | — | — | .deb | Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives |
| 70 | MacPorts | 5.4 | No | Yes | — | tbz2, tar, tbz, tgz, tlz, txz, xar, zip, cpgz, cpio | macOS |
| 71 | Quicklisp | 5.4 | No | — | — | Common Lisp systems/libraries and source archives | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| 72 | CLPM | 5.4 | No | — | — | Quicklisp, CLPI, ASDF | macOS, Linux, Windows; Common Lisp implementations including SBCL and CCL |
| 73 | Haxelib | 5.4 | No | Yes | — | ZIP archives containing Haxe source and haxelib.json manifests | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| 74 | pkg_add | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | TGZ, gzip-compressed ustar archives with packing lists | OpenBSD alpha, amd64, arm64, armv7, hppa, i386, landisk, luna88k, macppc, octeon, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64 |
| 75 | FreeBSD pkg | 5.3 | No | Yes | — | tar archive (.pkg), gzip, bzip2, zstd, xz | FreeBSD |
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