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24 alternatives to Introducing Yarn

Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Introducing Yarn launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Yarn▲11

   Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2JA
   Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime▲96

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3DA
   Dependabot – Automated Dependency Update PRs for Ruby, JS, Python and PHP▲51

   2017 · dependabot.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Yarn▲97

   Addicting short stories

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5JA
   JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes▲32

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6OA
   Octotrack – automatic dependency and security manager for Ruby apps▲46

   2017 · octotrack.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IA
   ied – an alternative package manager for Node▲86

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LA
   Life – A secure, blazing-fast, cross-platform WebAssembly VM in Go▲111

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Frankly▲101

   A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10NM
    Nodebook – Minimalist Node REPL with Web UI▲69

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11FL
    FastDom – Lightweight replacement of React and MobX▲41

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12DA
    Diffmatic – A daily GitHub digest for dev teams▲67

    2014 · diffmatic.com · its alternatives →

13. 13GA
    GoWork – A Go Distributed Work Library▲68

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14HO
    Horcrux: On-demand,version controlled data for docker containers▲35

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15PP
    Poetry – Python dependency management and packaging made easy▲7

    2018 · poetry.eustace.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Kniterate▲5

    A compact digital knitting machine

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17JH
    JavaScript has Yarn, Ruby has Bundler, and now R has Jetpack▲7

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18GA
    Guppy, a GUI desktop app that replaces the terminal for React dev▲37

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19EE
    Eternum: Easy IPFS pinning▲30

    2017 · eternum.io · its alternatives →

20. 20SA
    StableLib, an LTS distribution of Go packages▲22

    2015 · stablelib.com · its alternatives →

21. 21JA
    Jetpack – a more convenient webpack dev server▲7

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HW
    Hello-world.rs, a memory-safe minimal hello world with 774 dependencies▲7

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AG
    Android Gears – A fresh start for Android dependency management▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24CA
    Cargofetch - A fetch utility for rust projects▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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