I would go with port unless i don’t find any specific package with it. All of its packages are depending mostly on existing Mac version port has a largest selection of packages to install. It will build every package on its own and doesn’t depend on OSx base. Browse all formulae Browse all casks Analytics data JSON API documentation.
#Brew vs macports how to#
For more information on how to install and use Homebrew see our homepage. You don’t want to care about much and just want the stuff to work. Homebrew Formulae is an online package browser for Homebrew the macOS (and Linux) package manager. The basic difference between brew and port i see is that, brew leverages most of the functionality from OSX so less time and space to setup. But you can choose which one you can go with. Personally, i have both Homebrew and MacPorts. This enables the packages to work also on mac. Homebrew, MacPorts and Fink The packages are build / developed on Darwin OS which is base for mac. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Homebrew are MacPorts, Nix Package Manager, Setapp and macapps.link. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Homebrew and 15 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Like apt-get for Debian, yum for Red Hat Linux Operating Systems, there are couple of package manager for Mac. The best Mac alternative is Cakebrew, which is both free and Open Source.
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