Terminal Package Managers
A package manager installs, updates and removes software along with its dependencies, from system managers such as APT, pacman and Homebrew to language registries like npm, cargo and pip.
Terminal tools here search and browse those registries, show what a package pulls in before it is installed, update everything on a machine in one pass, pin language versions per project, and fetch single binaries straight from GitHub releases. Sysadmins and developers use them to keep a workstation or a fleet current.
Below is a list of terminal package managers and the tools that drive them.
aptui
A TUI package manager for APT-based Linux distributions.
A TUI package manager for APT-based Linux distributions.
bbrew
A Homebrew TUI Manager.
A Homebrew TUI Manager.
cargo-seek
A TUI for searching, adding and installing cargo crates.
A TUI for searching, adding and installing cargo crates.
cargo-selector
Cargo subcommand to select and execute binary/example targets.
Cargo subcommand to select and execute binary/example targets.
cpx
A batteries-included Cargo-like CLI for C++.
A batteries-included Cargo-like CLI for C++.
crates-tui
A TUI for exploring crates.io
A TUI for exploring crates.io
dotbins
Keep updated binaries in your dotfiles.
Keep updated binaries in your dotfiles.
eget
Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub.
Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub.
fnm
fast and simple node.js version manager in rust.
fast and simple node.js version manager in rust.
fnt
apt for fonts, the missing font manager for macOS and Linux
apt for fonts, the missing font manager for macOS and Linux
lazynpm
A simple TUI for npm commands.
A simple TUI for npm commands.
mise
The front-end to your dev env.
The front-end to your dev env.
nvrs
Fast new version checker for software releases.
Fast new version checker for software releases.
opamui
A TUI for browsing and searching OCaml opam packages.
A TUI for browsing and searching OCaml opam packages.
pacsea
Fast TUI for searching, inspecting, and queueing pacman/AUR packages.
Fast TUI for searching, inspecting, and queueing pacman/AUR packages.
pacseek
A TUI for searching and installing Arch Linux packages.
A TUI for searching and installing Arch Linux packages.
pkgtop
An interactive linux package manager & resource monitor.
An interactive linux package manager & resource monitor.
rum
A TUI to list, search and run package.json scripts.
A TUI to list, search and run package.json scripts.
stew
An independent package manager for compiled binaries.
An independent package manager for compiled binaries.
taproom
An interactive TUI for Homebrew.
An interactive TUI for Homebrew.
topgrade
Upgrade all the things
Upgrade all the things
wintui
A TUI frontend for winget.
A TUI frontend for winget.
xbps-tui
A TUI-wrapper for xbps package manager on Void Linux.
A TUI-wrapper for xbps package manager on Void Linux.
x-cmd
A compact swiss army knife for the terminal.
A compact swiss army knife for the terminal.
zerobrew
A drop-in, 5-20x faster, experimental Homebrew alternative.
A drop-in, 5-20x faster, experimental Homebrew alternative.
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