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This is similar to how a lot of the homebrew cask packages work on OS X. Ninite appears to be more end-user/consumer focused while chocolatey aims for a wider s
by krisdol 9y ago
This is similar to how a lot of the homebrew cask packages work on OS X. Ninite appears to be more end-user/consumer focused while chocolatey aims for a wider swath of developer packages as well.
Personally, I use neither because neither is open source. Instead, I use scoop: http://scoop.sh/ http://scoop.sh/
- nlawalker 9y agoWhoa, thanks. >> Looking for familiar Unix tools? Tired of Powershell’s Verb-Noun verbosity? Sold.
- lstamour 9y ago“Neither”? Yes, Ninite is closed, e.g. https://ninite.com/help/notfeatures/more.html https://ninite.com/help/notfeatures/more.html But alternatives aren’t: Chocolatey - Apache license - https://github.com/chocolatey/choco https://github.com/chocolatey/choco Homebrew (for Mac) - BSD license - https://github.com/Homebrew/brew https://github.com/Homebrew/brew Scoop (as previously mentioned) - Public Domain - https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop Comparing Scoop to Chocolatey: https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Comparison https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop/wiki/Chocolatey-Compari...