Alternatives to pacapt
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. pacapt itself: install pacapt.
cdxgen
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bun
Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one
Stability Matrix
Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion
corepack
Package manager version manager for Node.js projects
mint
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cargo-crev
A cryptographically verifiable code review system for the cargo (Rust) package manager
peru
a generic package manager, for including other people's code in your projects
carthage
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mcp-publisher
A community driven registry service for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
nrm
NPM registry manager, fast switch between different registries: npm, cnpm, nj, taobao
reg
Docker registry v2 command line client and repo listing generator with security checks
grafana
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
sccache
Sccache is a ccache-like tool. It is used as a compiler wrapper and avoids compilation when possible. Sccache has the capability to utilize caching in
xxh
🚀 Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell, fish, zsh, osquery and so on
clifm
💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
starship
☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!
mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like
fabric-ai
Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI. It provides a modular system for solving specific problems using a crowdsourced set
croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than pacapt — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
pacapt is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.