pkgx

the developer tool to run anything, anywhere

4.3•12 reviews•

480 followers

the developer tool to run anything, anywhere

4.3•12 reviews•

480 followers

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Introducing pkgx - a blazingly fast, standalone, cross‐platform binary that runs anything, anywhere. What’s better than a package manager? No package manager!

pkgx Reviews

The community submitted 12 reviews to tell us what they like about pkgx, what pkgx can do better, and more.

4.3

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Reviewers split sharply between enthusiasm for tea/pkgx’s ease and frustration with the rebrand. Supporters say it makes tools “just work” across macOS and Linux, simplifies setup on new machines, and can replace managers like nvm or fnm; some also like the GUI for one-click installs and updates. A maker of tea adds that the system emphasizes using packages without a separate install step and sandboxes dependencies for projects. But the strongest criticism is about stability and communication: users say the tea-to-pkgx transition broke existing installs and removed the app without warning.

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Pros

cross-platform capability (3)

GUI package manager (3)

automated dependency management (2)

one-click installs (2)

open source (2)

sandboxed environments (2)

Cons

lack of communication (2)

rebrand issues (2)

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Graph.one

•1 review

It would be nice to be able to set up a fixed (voluntary) monthly contribution amount to distribute among the used packages authors automatically. (I saw that you plan to add some monetization, I’m just suggesting the model that makes sense to me.) Something along the lines of SetApp. PS There’s a typo on the “open in terminal” image. “S” is missing in the word “constrained.”

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3yr ago

Scoutflo

•72 reviews

Congratulations on the launch of the Tea sounds like an exciting new cross-platform package manager that offers a seamless and efficient way to automate dependencies and browse through hundreds of packages. Its focus on speed and smoothness is especially appealing, as many other package managers can be slow and clunky. This revolutionary tool is sure to be a game-changer for developers and programmers looking to streamline their workflows and simplify the process of managing dependencies. The ability to browse through a large number of packages and automate dependencies will undoubtedly save time and effort, while also ensuring that software projects are running smoothly. Kudos to the team behind Tea for developing such an innovative and useful tool. It's exciting to see how technology is constantly evolving and improving, and Tea is a great example of this progress. I look forward to seeing how this tool will continue to transform the world of software development in the future.

What's great

fast performance (1)smooth operations (1)cross-platform capability (3)automated dependency management (2)

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3yr ago

•392 reviews

🎉 Congrats to team tea on launching their free, open-source GUI package manager! 🌟 Here is my honest opinion: One-click installs, easy updates, and more security with sandboxed environments. 💪 Excited to see what else they have in store! 👀 What are your thoughts on the future of open-source funding?

What's great

open source (2)sandboxed environments (2)one-click installs (2)GUI package manager (3)

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3yr ago

•1 review

disclaimer #1: I work at tea to that end, we think the kind of people that enjoy discovering projects on github intersect with people who, first and foremost, want to use them. so, how can we build on homebrew with its simplicity to remove the only barrier between a package that you find and your using it? a core principle we focused on was to develop a package manager that eliminated the package management for end users. tea focuses on usage, allowing you to use anything you discover on GitHub, as long as it is packaged by us. We built on Homebrew's simplicity, by replacing `brew install foo` with a much simpler `tea foo` -- effectively bypassing the install step, so you can use it without any additional steps. disclaimer #2: i am a python developer, so package management to me by definition is along the lines of virtual environments, making sure i get numpy before pandas, etc. etc. one standout feature of tea is that it sandboxes everything. tea automatically injects virtual environments with the required packages into project directories with a readme and .git. i found this feature particularly valuable, especially when dealing with `graphviz` and `pygraphviz`. tea consistently solves such issues, ensuring a smooth development process. disclaimer #3: I am learning bash right now, but prefer a front-end app. the gui is what you hope GitHub's discover page was. we've got some fun AI tools right now, including stable diffusion's web-ui and openai's whisper trained on llama -- all open source.

What's great

open source (2)sandboxed environments (2)GUI package manager (3)virtual environment management (1)

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3yr ago

•1 review

tea is amazing! For a few months now, I have been using and integrating the tea CLI for an application development framework that I am authoring, called Stacks.js. I ended up choosing tea because it ended up being the most seamless (and cross-platform capable) dependency manager. Node, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, and much more are included natively. (Amongst other things, it was a great excuse to remove the fnm and nvm dependencies.) Good luck with all of it! 🎉

What's great

cross-platform capability (3)automated dependency management (2)

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3yr ago

•2 reviews

Don’t know what to think. I’ve been using Tea for months with about 8 packages installed. Today I decided to update Tea itself (via update menu option within the GUI) and bam…the app disappeared from my apps folder with no trace of what happened. Now I see Tea has been replaced with pkgx (on Product Hunt and Github, not my computer), however some type of warning or info would have been helpful.

What needs improvement

lack of communication (2)rebrand issues (2)

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2yr ago

•1 review

I guess I'm an early tea adopter and I prefer it to anything else. There's something so refreshing to having the same software stack on my macOS and Linux computers. It's so much easier than Docker for many tasks. This is the first community project that I've felt really good contributing to. Max and the tea team have been very responsive and it has been such a pleasure working with them.

What's great

responsive team (1)community involvement (1)cross-platform capability (3)

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3yr ago

•1 review

Although I often have to work with the terminal in my work, I honestly hate it. Tea Gui is just wow for me. Beautiful and user-friendly interface, installing/updating packages with just a click of a button. This is mega cool!

What's great

one-click installs (2)GUI package manager (3)

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3yr ago

•1 review

I've been using tea for months, and it's great. Especially the 'magics' part: when I set up a new laptop with my existing bashrc and aliases, they "just work" without manually installing everything, thanks to tea

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3yr ago

•3 reviews

This rebrand was handled absolutely horribly. Breaking every installation of tea for a rebrand pretty much makes this project persona non-grata in anyone's playbook. If there was communication, it was ridiculously brief. The decision to break EVERY INSTALLED tea installation just to rebrand pretty much makes it obvious there's no interest in stability. Why would I possibly adopt pkgx after this? I'll just adopt NIX, which I was avoiding.

What needs improvement

lack of communication (2)rebrand issues (2)stability concerns (1)

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2yr ago