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Package Manager

Score 17.0 / 100 10 providers +3 via APIs 12 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (10)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
TimoniContainersKubernetesCUE1 API45.4PorterCloud-NativeCNABDevOpsKubernetes1 API44.5HelmHelmChartsCloud-NativeContainer Orchestration1 API42.8VerdaccionpmRegistryprivate-registry1 API40.8Hex.pmPackage RegistryErlangElixirGleam1 API39.7
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
RubyGemsRubyOpen-SourceDeveloper Tools1 API36.7YarnJavaScriptNode.jsMonorepo10 APIs26.5
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
pnpmNode.jsMonorepoJavaScript5 APIs20.4BunCompanyDeveloper ToolsJavaScriptTypeScript20.0AstralCompanyDeveloper ToolsPython17.2

APIs with this tag (12)

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Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
BundlerDependency manager for Ruby. Reads a Gemfile, resolves and installs gems from rubygems.org or alternate sou...43.1Helm Go SDKThe Helm Go SDK provides Go packages for programmatically performing Helm actions such as install, upgrade,...42.8
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
RubyGems Gems APIThe RubyGems Gems API (v1) provides endpoints for retrieving gem metadata, listing owned gems, submitting n...36.7Windows Package Manager (WinGet) APIAPI for the Windows Package Manager client for discovering and installing applications.33.4Yarn CLIThe Yarn command-line interface — `yarn` — provides install, add, remove, up, run, exec, dlx, info, why, pa...26.5Yarn WorkspacesYarn was the first package manager built specifically around workspaces. `yarn workspace`, `yarn workspaces...26.5
Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented
pnpm CLIThe pnpm command-line interface for managing JavaScript/Node.js packages. Provides commands for installing,...20.4pnpm ConfigurationConfiguration surface for pnpm spanning `.npmrc`, environment variables, and `pnpm`-prefixed fields in `pac...20.4pnpm Content-Addressable StoreA content-addressable store that holds every version of every package exactly once on disk and hard-links (...20.4pnpm HooksProgrammatic extension points for customizing dependency resolution and installation behavior. `.pnpmfile.c...20.4pnpm WorkspacesNative monorepo support driven by a `pnpm-workspace.yaml` file at the repository root. Supports the `worksp...20.4Groovy GrapeEmbedded dependency management system for Groovy scripts.17.4

Companies reaching this through an API (3)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Package Manager” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

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Score breakdown

Frequency
35.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
37.9
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
2.5
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

CLI 5 co-occurrences Open-Source 6 co-occurrences Developer Tools 5 co-occurrences

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