Benchmark#

Attempting to unify all package managers is a Sisyphean task.

This did not prevent me or others to try to solve that problem. It is not easy to explain why but there might be a greater need for such tools out there. Here is a list of some related projects I stumbled into and how they compares to mpm.

Features#

Feature	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
Package manager autodetection	✓	✓
Unified CLI and options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-PM execution	✓	✓
Package manager priority	✓
Consolidated output	✓
Configurable output	✓
Sortable output	✓
Colored output	✓	✓
Version parsing and diff	✓
purl support	✓
JSON export	✓
CSV export	✓
Markup export	✓
Configuration file	✓	✓	✓		✓
Non-interactive	✓	✓	✓
Dry-run	✓	✓	✓
Sudo elevation	✓	✓	✓
Desktop notifications		✓
Bash auto-completion	✓
Zsh auto-completion	✓
Fish auto-completion	✓
XKCD #1654	✓
Xbar/SwiftBar plugin	✓

Operations#

Operation	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
List available managers	✓
List installed packages	✓		✓		✓
List duplicate packages	✓
List outdated packages	✓		✓		✓
Search packages	✓		✓	✓	✓
Locate binaries (`which` command)	✓
Install a package	✓		✓	✓	✓
Remove / Uninstall a package	✓		✓	✓	✓
Upgrade single package	✓		✓		✓
Upgrade all packages	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sync	✓		✓	✓	✓
Cleanup: caches	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cleanup: orphans	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Backup / Lock / Freeze	✓
Restore	✓

Package manager support#

Manager	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
`0install`
`antibody`		✓
`antigen`		✓
`apk`			✓	✓
`apm`	✓	✓
`apt`	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
`apt-cyg`				✓
`apt-mint`	✓
`asdf`		✓
`aura`		✓
`bin`		✓
`brew`	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
`bun`		✓
`cargo`	✓	✓
`cask`	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
`cave`				✓
`chezmoi`		✓
`chocolatey`	✓	✓	✓
`choosenim`		✓
`chromebrew`					✓
`composer`	✓	✓
`conda`		✓	✓	✓
`containers`		✓
`dein`		✓
`deno`		✓
`distrobox`		✓
`dnf`	✓		✓		✓
`dotnet`		✓
`emacs`		✓
`emerge`	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
`eopkg`					✓
`etc-update`		✓
`fisher`		✓
`flatpak`	✓	✓			✓
`flutter`		✓
`fossil`		✓
`fwupdmgr`		✓
`gcloud`		✓
`gem`	✓	✓			✓
`ghcup`		✓
`git`		✓
`github-cli-extensions`		✓
`gnome-shell`		✓
`go`		✓
`guix`		✓			✓
`haxelib`		✓
`home-manager`		✓
`jetpack`		✓
`julia`		✓
`kakoune`		✓
`krew`		✓
`macos`		✓
`macports`		✓	✓	✓	✓
`mas`	✓	✓
`micro`		✓
`myrepos`		✓
`nala`		✓
`neobundle`		✓
`nix`		✓			✓
`npm`	✓	✓			✓
`oh-my-zsh`		✓
`opam`		✓
`opkg`	✓			✓
`pacaur`	✓
`pacman`	✓	✓		✓	✓
`pacstall`		✓
`pamac`		✓
`paru`	✓	✓
`pearl`		✓
`pihole`		✓
`pikaur`		✓
`pip`	✓	✓	✓		✓
`pipx`	✓	✓
`pkg`	✓	✓			✓
`pkg-mgr`					✓
`pkg-tools`				✓
`pkgin`		✓
`pkgng`				✓
`plug`		✓
`pnpm`		✓
`podman`		✓
`powershell`		✓
`protonup`		✓
`raco`		✓
`rcm`		✓
`remotes`		✓
`restarts`		✓
`rtcl`		✓
`rustup`		✓
`scoop`	✓	✓	✓		✓
`sdkman`		✓
`sheldon`		✓
`slapt-get`					✓
`snap`	✓	✓			✓
`spack`
`sparkle`		✓
`spicetify`		✓
`stack`		✓
`steamcmd`	✓
`sun-tools`				✓
`swupd`				✓
`system`		✓
`tazpkg`				✓
`tldr`		✓
`tlmgr`		✓	✓	✓
`toolbx`		✓
`trizen`		✓
`vagrant`		✓
`vcpkg`		✓
`voom`		✓
`vscode`	✓
`vundle`		✓
`winget`		✓
`wsl`		✓
`xbps`			✓	✓	✓
`yadm`		✓
`yarn`	✓	✓
`yay`	✓	✓
`yum`	✓			✓	✓
`zim`		✓
`zinit`		✓
`zplug`		✓
`zr`		✓
`zypper`	✓		✓	✓	✓

Operating system support#

OS	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
BSD	🅱️[5]
Linux	🐧[6]	🐧	🐧	🐧	🐧
macOS	🍎	🍎	🍎	🍎	🍎
Unix	`>_`[7]
Windows	🪟	🪟	🪟

Distribution#

Package manager	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
Versions
GitHub
macOS binary	✓ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`)	✓ (`x86_64`)	✓(`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `universal`)
Linux binary	✓ (`x86_64`)	✓ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `armv7`)	✓ (`x86_64`)		✓ (`x86_64`)
Windows binary	✓ (`x86_64`)	✓ (`x86_64`)	✓ (`x86_64`)
Homebrew			✓
Macports		✓
Chocolatey
Crates.io
PyPi
AUR votes

Activity#

Metrics	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
Watchers
Contributors
Commit activity
Commits since latest release
Last release date
Last commit
Open issues
Open PRs
Forks
Dependencies freshness					-

Popularity#

Metrics	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
Stars
SourceRank					-
Dependent repos					-

Metadata#

Metadata	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`pacaptr`[2]	`pacapt`[3]	`sysget`[4]
License
Main language
Latest version
Version benchmarked	`5.15.0`	`10.1.2`	`0.15.2`	`3.0.7`	`2.3`
Benchmark date	2024-02	2022-11	2022-04	2022-04	2022-04

Project’s URL#