MacPorts
2 recommend 3 criticize 2 moved to it 3 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I switched from brew to macports, and I have not experienced the first problem at all.”teh64, 2026-09-13original comment ↗
“MacPorts generally doesn't care what version of macOS you run, so here I am. I'll probably never go back to Homebrew. MP is great!”ryandrake, 2026-09-13original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“I reluctantly switched from MacPorts to Homebrew around 2014.”kccqzy, 2026-09-13original comment ↗
“I switched from macports to homebrew a decade ago. I needed the lastest version of a program, and I found homebrew updated formulas faster than macports did”ihuman, 2026-09-13original comment ↗
“It was a lot easier to get a system running MacPorts into a an irretrievably borked state.”apothegm, 2026-09-13original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from MacPorts to
- MacPorts → Homebrew (3 hackers)
Hackers moved to MacPorts from
- Homebrew → MacPorts (2 hackers)
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