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]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
Package manager autodetection	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Unified CLI and options	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Multi-PM execution	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Concurrent multi-PM execution	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Package manager priority	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Consolidated output	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
Configurable output	✅
Sortable output	✅
Colored output	✅	✅			✅	✅
Accessible output	✅
Version parsing and diff	✅	❌			❌	✅
Skip auto-updating packages	✅					✅
purl support	✅					✅
Exact and fuzzy search	✅					✅
JSON export	✅				❌	✅
CSV export	✅
Markup export	✅
SBOM export	✅
Vulnerability scan	✅
Configuration file	✅	✅		✅	✅	✅
Per-manager overrides	✅	✅			✅
Non-interactive	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Dry-run	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Command plan	✅		✅	✅
Per-call timeout	✅
Offline by default	✅
Sudo elevation	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Supply-chain cooldown	✅	❌				❌
Desktop notifications		✅
Bash auto-completion	✅	✅		❌	✅	✅
Zsh auto-completion	✅	✅		❌	✅	✅
Fish auto-completion	✅	✅		❌	✅	✅
Man pages	✅					✅
XKCD #1654	✅		❌		✅
GNOME Shell extension	✅
Xbar/SwiftBar plugin	✅
Apply manifest (declarative install)	✅				✅	✅
Backend-prefixed package IDs	✅

Operations¶

Every cell links to its evidence: a ✅ to the documentation, CLI declaration or source line implementing the operation, a 🟡 to the proof the capability only exists bundled inside another one, and a ❌ to the upstream statement of scope ruling it out. A blank cell means no citable source was found either way.

Operation	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
List available managers	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
List installed packages	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
List duplicate packages	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
List outdated packages	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅
List orphaned dependencies	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Search packages	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Locate binaries (`which` command)	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅
Install a package	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Remove / Uninstall a package	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
Remove a package with its orphans	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Upgrade single package	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Upgrade all packages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sync	✅	🟡	✅	✅	✅	✅
Cleanup: caches	✅	🟡	❌	✅	✅	✅
Cleanup: orphans	✅	🟡	❌	🟡	🟡	✅
Backup / Lock / Freeze	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Restore	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
List explicitly installed packages (leaves)		❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Pin / Unpin version		❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Doctor / diagnostics	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Services management		❌	❌	❌	❌	✅

mpm’s SBOM export sits in a different category from the package-manager front-ends benchmarked here. It is compared against dedicated SBOM and software-composition-analysis tools (Syft, Trivy, cdxgen, component-detection) in the SBOM documentation.

Package manager support¶

brew is itself a meta-manager: brew bundle dispatches to other package managers (cask, mas, VSCode extensions, taps, and more) via the Brewfile DSL, which is why it earns a column alongside the dedicated wrappers in the tables above. The table below marks which managers each competing tool reaches natively, so the overlap with mpm is visible at a glance. It deliberately lists managers no tool here wraps yet: a row a competitor reaches and mpm does not is the point of the table, not an omission.

The mpm column reads as a scale. ✅ and ⚠️ link to the class that implements the manager, the second meaning it is still wrapped and usable but its upstream is gone. ☠️ and ❌ link instead to the recorded decision not to wrap it at all: the skull for a tool whose upstream is retired, the cross for a live one declined on its own merits. A blank cell is none of these — nobody has assessed that tool yet, and it is very likely available for the writing.

Manager	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]
`0install`
`am`		✅
`android-studio`	❌ 🛟	✅
`antibody`	☠️ 🛟	🟡
`antidote`	✅	🟡
`antigen`	✅	🟡
`antigravity`	❌ 🛟	✅
`apk`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`apm`	⚠️	✅
`app-man`		✅
`apt`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`apt-cyg`	⚠️
`apt-mint`	✅
`aqua`		✅
`asdf`	✅	✅
`atuin`	❌ 🛟	✅
`aura`		✅
`auto-cpufreq`		✅
`bash-it`		🟡
`bin`		✅
`bob`		✅
`brew`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`bun`		✅			✅
`cabal`		❌
`cards`			✅
`cargo`	✅	✅			✅
`cask`	✅	✅		✅
`cave`	✅
`certbot`		✅
`chezmoi`	❌ 🛟	✅
`choco`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`choosenim`		✅
`chromebrew`	✅
`cinnamon-spices`		✅
`clam-av-db`	❌ 🛟	✅
`claude-code`		✅
`claude-code-plugins`		✅
`codex`		✅
`colima`		✅
`composer`	✅	✅
`conda`	✅	✅		✅
`containers`	❌ 🛟	✅
`cpan`	✅
`cursor`	❌ 🛟	✅
`cursor-agent`	❌ 🛟	✅
`deb-get`	✅	✅
`declaro`	❌
`decman`	❌
`dein`	☠️ 🛟	🟡
`deno`	❌ 🛟	✅
`distrobox`	❌ 🛟	✅
`dkp-pacman`	✅	✅
`dnf`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`dnf5`	✅
`dotnet`		✅
`dpp`	❌
`elan`		✅
`emacs`		✅
`emerge`	✅	✅	✅	✅
`eopkg`	✅	✅	✅
`etc-update`	❌ 🛟	✅
`falconf`		✅
`fink`	✅
`fish-plug`		🟡
`fisher`	✅	🟡
`flatpak`	✅	✅	✅		✅
`flutter`	❌ 🛟	✅
`fossil`	❌ 🛟	✅
`fundle`	☠️ 🛟	🟡
`fwupd`	✅	✅
`gcloud`		✅
`gearlever`		✅
`gem`	✅	✅
`getnf`		✅
`gh-ext`	✅	✅
`ghcup`		✅
`git`	❌ 🛟	✅
`gnome-shell`		✅
`go`		✅
`guix`	✅	✅	✅
`haxelib`		✅
`helix`		✅
`helix-db`		✅
`helm`		✅
`home-manager`		✅
`hyprpm`		✅
`install-release`		✅
`jetbrains-aqua`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-clion`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-datagrip`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-dataspell`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-gateway`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-goland`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-idea`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-mps`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-phpstorm`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-pycharm`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-rider`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-rubymine`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-rustrover`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-toolbox`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetbrains-webstorm`	❌ 🛟	✅
`jetpack`	☠️ 🛟	✅
`julia`		✅
`juliaup`		✅
`kakoune`		✅
`krew`	✅	✅
`lazy`	✅	🟡
`lensfun`	❌ 🛟	✅
`lure`		✅
`macos`		✅
`macports`	✅	✅		✅
`mamba`		✅
`mandb`	❌ 🛟	✅
`mas`	✅	✅			✅
`mason`		🟡
`maza`	❌ 🛟	✅
`metapac`	❌
`micro`		✅
`microsoft-office`	❌ 🛟	✅
`microsoft-store`	❌ 🛟	✅
`miktex`		✅
`mise`	✅	✅			✅
`myrepos`	❌ 🛟	✅
`nala`		✅	✅
`neobundle`	☠️ 🛟	🟡
`nix`	✅	✅	✅		✅
`npm`	✅	✅			✅
`oh-my-bash`		🟡
`oh-my-fish`	✅	🟡
`oh-my-zsh`		🟡
`ollama`		✅
`opam`	✅	✅
`opencode`		✅
`opkg`	✅		✅
`pacapt`	☠️
`pacaur`	⚠️
`pacdef`	☠️ 🛟	✅
`packer-aur`	☠️
`packer-nvim`	☠️ 🛟	🟡
`pacman`	✅	✅	✅		✅
`pacstall`	✅	✅
`pamac`		✅			✅
`paq`		🟡
`paru`	✅	✅			✅
`pathogen`	☠️
`pckr-nvim`	❌
`pearl`		✅
`pi`		✅
`pihole`	❌ 🛟	✅
`pikaur`	✅	✅			✅
`pip`	✅	✅		✅
`pip-review`		✅
`pipupgrade`		✅
`pipx`	✅	✅			✅
`pipxu`		✅
`pixi`		✅
`pkcon`	✅			✅
`pkg`	✅	✅	✅
`pkg-termux`			✅
`pkg-tools`	✅
`pkgfile`		✅
`pkgin`	✅	✅
`pkgit`		✅
`pkgman`			✅
`platformio-core`		✅
`plug`		🟡
`pnpm`	✅	✅			✅
`podman`	❌ 🛟	✅
`poetry`		✅
`ports`	✅
`protonplus`		✅
`protonup`		✅
`prt-get`			✅
`pwsh-gallery`	✅	✅
`pyenv`		✅
`raco`		✅
`rcm`	❌ 🛟	✅
`remotes`	❌ 🛟	✅
`restarts`	❌ 🛟	✅
`rtcl`	❌ 🛟	✅
`rustup`		✅
`rye`		✅
`scoop`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`sdkman`	✅	✅
`sera`		✅
`sfsu`	✅
`sheldon`	✅	✅
`skills`		✅
`slackpkg`			✅
`slapt-get`	✅
`smart`	☠️
`snap`	✅	✅	✅		✅
`soar`	✅	✅
`sorcery`	✅
`spack`
`sparkle`		✅
`spicetify`	❌ 🛟	✅
`stack`		✅
`steamcmd`	✅
`stew`	✅	✅
`sun-tools`	✅
`swupd`	⚠️
`sysget`	☠️
`system`	❌ 🛟	✅
`tazpkg`	✅
`tldr`	❌ 🛟	✅
`tlmgr`	✅	✅		✅
`tmux`		✅
`toolbx`	❌ 🛟	✅
`topgrade`	✅	✅
`tpack`		✅
`trizen`	✅	✅
`typst`	❌ 🛟	✅
`upt`	❌
`urpmi`	✅		✅
`uv`	✅	✅			✅
`uvx`	✅
`vagrant`		✅
`vcpkg`		✅
`vim`		✅
`vim-pack`	✅	🟡
`vite-plus`		✅
`volta`	⚠️	✅
`voom`		🟡
`vscode`	✅	✅			✅
`vscodium`	✅	✅			✅
`vundle`		🟡
`waydroid`	❌ 🛟	✅
`whohas`	☠️
`windsurf`	❌ 🛟	✅
`winget`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`wsl`	❌ 🛟	✅
`wsl-update`	❌ 🛟	✅
`xbps`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
`xcodes`		✅
`yadm`	❌ 🛟	✅
`yaourt`	☠️
`yarn`	✅	✅			✅
`yarn-berry`	✅	✅
`yay`	✅	✅	✅		✅
`yazi`		✅
`yt-dlp`		❌
`yum`	✅	✅	✅
`zerobrew`	✅	✅
`zgenom`	❌ 🛟	🟡
`zigup`		✅
`zim`	✅	🟡
`zinit`	✅	🟡
`zplug`	✅	🟡
`zr`	❌ 🛟	🟡
`zvm`		✅
`zypper`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

Operating system support¶

OS	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
BSD	🅱️[6]		🅱️
Linux	🐧[7]	🐧	🐧	🐧	🐧	🐧
macOS	🍎	🍎	🍎	🍎	🍎	🍎
Unix	⨂[8]
Windows	🪟	🪟	🪟	🪟	🪟

Distribution¶

Package manager	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`brew`[5]
Versions
GitHub					-
macOS binary	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`)	✅ (`x86_64`)	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`)	✅(`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `universal`)
Linux binary	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`)	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `armv7`)	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `i686`)	✅ (`x86_64`)
Windows binary	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`)	✅ (`x86_64`)	✅ (`x86_64`, `aarch64`, `i686`)	✅ (`x86_64`)
Homebrew				✅	-
Chocolatey
Crates.io
PyPI
AUR votes

Activity¶

Metrics	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
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]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
Stars
SourceRank						-
Dependent repos						-

Metadata¶

Metadata	`mpm`	`topgrade`[1]	`upt`[2]	`pacaptr`[3]	`metapac`[4]	`brew`[5]
License
Main language
Latest version
Version benchmarked	`7.4.1`	`17.8.0`	`0.9.0`	`0.23.1`	`0.10.1`	`6.0.12`
Benchmark date	2026-07	2026-07	2026-08	2026-07	2026-08	2026-07

Coming from pacapt, sysget or whohas?

mpm’s three closest peers are all retired. See unsupported managers for what happened to each and how their backend coverage maps onto mpm.

Benchmark¶

Features¶

Operations¶

Package manager support¶

Operating system support¶

Distribution¶

Activity¶

Popularity¶

Metadata¶

Project’s URL¶