| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · App Installation | 7.8 (#8) | 8.6 (#4) |
| Spec score · Package Managers | 7.6 (#64) | 8.6 (#19) |
| Dependency resolution | Yes | Yes |
| Offline installation | Yes | Yes |
| Package formats | RPM packages; modulemd modules; comps groups and environments | formulae,casks |
| Purpose | DNF is described as the next-generation replacement for YUM. | Homebrew installs command-line tools and applications across macOS, Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). |
| Supported platforms | RPM-based Linux distributions | macOS,Linux,Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) |
