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Products that do what Nix does

The purely functional package manager

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Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130
2015 · nixar.work
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CodeGophers▲293
Your personal army of programmers
2016
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ied – an alternative package manager for Node▲86
2015 · github.com
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Duo – a next-generation package manager for the front end▲168
2014 · duojs.org
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distri: a Linux distribution to research fast package management▲92
2019 · michael.stapelberg.ch
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Developer Ipsum▲110
Lorem for nerds
2021
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GitHub Desktop▲252
The New Native
2017
8
Stack▲88
A task manager for Devs & Designers
2015
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Bake – A modular build system and package manager for C/C++▲132
2018 · github.com
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Devmag▲133
A network re-thought for software developers
2015
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The reverse package manager▲47
2011 · github.com
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Gradberry▲119
Curated + code-verified software engineering talent
2015
13
Matterhorn▲163
Simple and light-weight project management tool
2015
14
Forestry▲187
A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites
2016
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StackShare – discover and discuss software stacks▲218
2014 · stackshare.io
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Pinegrow + Atom▲181
The perfect IDE for the web
2016
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Diffmatic – A daily GitHub digest for dev teams▲67
2014 · diffmatic.com
18
Fuse▲188
A UX tool suite for mobile app designers and developers
2015
19
Programmar▲88
A place for developers to read and write
2015
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Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration▲171
2014 · github.com
21
Pierre▲155
Joyful code review
2025
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Buckaroo – A decentralized C++ package manager▲55
2019 · github.com
23
App Developer Atlas▲89
Helping developers make the right tool choices
2014
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Codecrap▲93
Where developers go to laugh and cry
2014

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