Package Managers

uv

astral-sh/uv

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Extremely fast Rust-based package and project manager replacing pip, pip-tools, pipx, pyenv and virtualenv.

pip

pypa/pip

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Python's default package installer, bundled with every CPython distribution.

npm

npm/cli

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Default package manager bundled with Node.js and the CLI for the world's largest package registry.

Poetry

python-poetry/poetry

Dependency management and packaging with lockfiles; widely used but losing new projects to uv.

pnpm

pnpm/pnpm

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Fast, disk-efficient package manager with a content-addressable store and first-class monorepo workspaces.

Bun

oven-sh/bun

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All-in-one JavaScript runtime, package manager, bundler and test runner focused on speed.

Yarn

yarnpkg/berry

Package manager with Plug'n'Play and workspaces; still common in older monorepos as pnpm gains ground.

Cargo

rust-lang/cargo

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Rust's official build system and package manager for crates.io; the model other ecosystems copy.

Apache Maven

apache/maven

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Convention-based build and dependency tool for Java; Maven Central is the JVM's main artifact registry.

Gradle

gradle/gradle

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Flexible JVM build tool with Kotlin/Groovy DSLs and build caching; the standard for Android and Kotlin.

NuGet

NuGet/NuGet.Client

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Package manager and registry for .NET, integrated into the dotnet CLI and Visual Studio.

Composer

composer/composer

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Dependency manager for PHP backed by Packagist; used by virtually every modern PHP project.

Homebrew

Homebrew/brew

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The de facto package manager for macOS (and Linux) for installing CLI tools and apps.