Best Package Managers in 2026
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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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- LinuxmacOS
- Package formats
- pkgsrc binary packages
- Supported platforms
- NetBSD; DragonFly BSD; Solaris/SunOS; Debian GNU/Linux; Mac OS X; Minix
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- RPM
- Supported platforms
- Mageia Linux; i586; x86_64
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- .eopkg
- Supported platforms
- Solus Linux
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - macOS
- Package formats
- DEB (.deb), Fink package descriptions (.info), source tarballs
- Supported platforms
- macOS/Darwin; x86_64 and arm64 supported by the development branch
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- .ipk, .deb
- Supported platforms
- OpenWrt embedded Linux; OpenWrt 24.10 and older
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WindowsmacOSLinuxRecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
- Linux
- Package formats
- RPM v4, RPM v6
- Supported platforms
- Linux
- Dependency resolution
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Package formats
- .deb
- Supported platforms
- Linux
- Dependency resolution
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- Compressed tar archives (.pkg.tar.*)
- Supported platforms
- Linux, primarily Arch Linux x86-64
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Package formats
- Perl modules, CPAN distributions, tar.gz archives
- Supported platforms
- Perl 5.8.1 or later
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- native .deb packages; AppImages; binaries; Git repositories; release artifacts
- Supported platforms
- Ubuntu and Linux distributions using dpkg/apt
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- tgz, txz, tbz, tlz
- Supported platforms
- Slackware Linux on x86, x86_64, and ARM ports
- Dependency resolution
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Package formats
- tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.lz, tar.xz, tar.zst
- Supported platforms
- Linux x86-64
- Dependency resolution
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Linux
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- .txz, .tgz
- Supported platforms
- Slackware Linux
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial -
- Free plan
- Yes
- Package formats
- Raku distributions; Git repositories; tar.gz archives; local paths
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Open source
- Package formats
- HPKG
- Supported platforms
- Haiku OS
- Dependency resolution
- Yes
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- Free plan LinuxRecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
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