This is a list of notable software package management systems, categorized first by package format (binary, source code, hybrid) and then by operating system family.
Superseded: The following package management systems distribute the source code of their apps.
The following unify package management for several or all Linux and sometimes Unix variants.
Package management systems geared toward developing and distributing video games.
A wide variety of package management systems are in common use today by proprietary software operating systems, handling the installation of both proprietary and free packages.