AppGet vs. DNF vs. PyPI vs. Python Comparison Chart

AppGet is a Github moderated, open source package manager which focuses on security, automation and ease-of-use. All moderation is done in GitHub. Anyone can submit a pull request which is then checked and approved by our team. Install, update and remove any application available in our library even if the application wasn’t originally installed with AppGet. Our client code and application library are completely open source and available on GitHub. AppGet bots work around the clock to ensure our application library is kept up-to-date with the latest versions. Applications in AppGet's library are always downloaded directly from the author. No more looking around the web looking for the download link. AppGet uses metadata-only manifest files. This makes reviewing manifest much simpler and generally much more secure.

PyPI is the official repository for Python software packages, hosting hundreds of thousands of projects that developers can publish and users can discover and install. It supports both source distributions (“sdists”) and pre-built binary “wheels”, allowing packages to include native extensions for different platforms. Projects on PyPI consist of multiple releases, each of which can include various files for different operating systems or Python versions. Metadata for each package includes things like version number, dependencies, licensing, classifiers, description (including rendering Markdown or reStructuredText), and other information that tools like pip use to resolve, download, and install the correct package. PyPI provides search and filtering based on package metadata, letting users find what they need via keywords, compatibility, or other package attributes.