Post · bonfire.cafe

@andrewnez@mastodon.social · 4 hours ago

Package managers that package package managers: https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/28/package-managers-that-package-package-managers.html

Package managers that package package managers

brew install pip install poetry add pdm add uv tool install conda

4

2

@andrewnez@mastodon.social · 4 hours ago

This was a fun one to visualise

Which package managers package which other package managers, including themselves?

@immae@mastodon.immae.eu · 2 hours ago

@clementd @andrewnez So...Swift package manager is impossible to install? 😁

@eljojo@ruby.social · 3 hours ago

@andrewnez my favourite thing in the world is installing lix with nix, and then managing it with lix itself https://lix.systems

content

Lix is an independent variant of the Nix package manager, developed by a team of open-source volunteers, and maintained by and for a passionate community of users.

@andrewnez@mastodon.social · 4 hours ago

Also one of the very few posts on my blog to contain an image 🫨