Package Management

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Commit continuity, contributor activity, and delivery signals are strong.
Health score: 92/100.
Shipping score: 88/100.

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Best overalluv

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Healthier optionsuv, Homebrew, pnpm, vcpkg

Stronger current public-health signal than Composer.

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uv

Fast Python package and project manager written in Rust.

Active

Health98

Shipping97

Score98

Confidence90

Stars89.8k

ModeSource-visible project

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Homebrew

Package manager for macOS, Linux, and developer command-line tools.

Active

Health98

Shipping98

Score98

Confidence90

Stars49.5k

ModeSource-visible project

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pnpm

Fast, disk-space-efficient package manager for JavaScript projects.

Active

Health98

Shipping98

Score98

Confidence90

Stars36.5k

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vcpkg

Cross-platform C and C++ library manager.

Active

Health97

Shipping97

Score97

Confidence90

Stars27.5k

ModeLibrary / Framework

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WinGet

Windows Package Manager command line, PowerShell modules, and API.

Active

Health93

Shipping90

Score92

Confidence90

Stars26.4k

ModeCLI Tool

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Cargo

Package manager and build tool for Rust.

Active

Health92

Shipping87

Score90

Confidence90

Stars15.5k

ModeSource-visible project

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npm

Command-line package manager for the JavaScript ecosystem.

Active

Health93

Shipping89

Score92

Confidence90

Stars10.1k

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Conan

Open-source package manager for C and C++ projects.

Active

Health95

Shipping93

Score94

Confidence90

Stars9.5k

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pip

Reference package installer for Python.

Active

Health90

Shipping84

Score88

Confidence90

Stars10.3k

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Swift Package Manager

Package manager for Swift source code and dependencies.

Active

Health92

Shipping86

Score89

Confidence90

Stars10.2k

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Yarn

JavaScript package manager with workspace and plug-and-play support.

Warning

Health61

Shipping43

Score54

Confidence90

Stars8.1k

ModeSource-visible project

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CocoaPods

Dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects.

Critical

Health45

Shipping38

Score42

Confidence90

Stars14.8k

ModeSource-visible project

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