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24 alternatives to Scoop
A command-line installer for Windows
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Scoop launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2012 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Coati▲63A cross-platform source explorer for C/C++ & Java
2016 · thaicockfight.com · its alternatives →
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Frankly▲101A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Automating the continuous deployment pipeline
2017 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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Fast and simple IT automation and configuration management
2016 · its alternatives →
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I'm a lead contributor to the Windows command-line installer, Scoop. Previously, Scoop only worked with Powershell 3+, but due to the silly number of PCs running basically stock versions of Windows 7 (or earlier) with Powershell 2 available, I saw the opportunity to bring Scoop to these machines. On a personal note, I'm a student at the University of Newcastle, Australia that has many PCs as described above. You don't have admin access (for obvious reasons) and you can't install anything. Downloading and using portable apps is possible but painful when the list of things to install gets big.…
2015 · its alternatives →
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2014 · gimenete.github.io · its alternatives →
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WakeMeOps documentation
2022 · docs.wakemeops.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · engigogo.com · its alternatives →
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A command-line tool for interacting with Github API with some specialized features oriented around Checks - raine/ghtool
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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