> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://woodrowpearson.gitbook.io/woodrow-wiki/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://woodrowpearson.gitbook.io/woodrow-wiki/package-managers.md).

# Package managers

I use [brew](https://github.com/woodrowpearson/gitbook-public/tree/a4487e7a8f08f8d1694a2680aa0404b2efac727c/package-managers/brew.md) as my package managers on macOS.

## Links

* [Some nice comments on brew and nix package managers](https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/11856-crash-when-quicklook-previewing-url/)
* [Entropic](https://github.com/entropic-dev/entropic) - Federated package registry for anything.
* [The economics of package management](https://github.com/ceejbot/economics-of-package-management/blob/master/essay.md) ([Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/s/4pyvag/economics_package_management))
* [Topgrade](https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade/) - Upgrade everything.
* [Repology](https://repology.org/) - Monitors a huge number of package repositories and other sources comparing packages versions across them and gathering other information.
* [Managing Developer Environments with Conda (2020)](https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/conda-developer-environments)