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Package Manager Manager for macOS
Every package.
One place.
Package Manager Manager inventories the tools scattered across your package managers, on this Mac or remote Macs and Linux hosts over SSH. See what you have, what needs an update, and where everything came from.
brew install --cask mxcl/made/package-manager-manager
HomebrewAPT + apk + DNF + ZyppermiseSkillsnpm + npx + pnpm + Bunuv + uvx + pipxpkgxCargo + rustupGo
Now supporting pnpm, Bun, pipx, Go, and pkgx.
One honest inventory
Your tools stopped living in one place.
Native Mac app
Search packages, compare versions, and open their project links without returning to the terminal.
New abstractions
pkg⋅mgr² uses each manager’s own commands. Your setup stays yours.
From install to source
See the package, not just the package name.
Open a package to see its installed version, install location, binary path, project config files, homepage, repository, and docs. When pkg⋅mgr² knows the native command, update or uninstall it from the same view.
- Installed and latest versions
- Project links, config files, and local paths
- Native update and uninstall actions
~/.config/direnv/direnv.toml
~/.config/starship.toml
~/.npmrc
Click a path to edit it in your default text editor.
Config files, connected
From package to config in one click.
pkg⋅mgr² surfaces the known configuration and credentials files for each package. Click a path and it opens in your default text editor, ready to change.
Choose which app opens those files, too. Select a supported installed editor or terminal and set it as your Mac’s default from its dossier. Use the second button to apply your choice to additional text or script formats. See how to set your defaults.
- Home and XDG paths resolved for you
- Missing files and folders created when needed
- Open directly in your default text editor
One app, more hosts
Update hosts you already SSH into.
Add a Mac or Linux host. Its Installed and Outdated lists appear in the sidebar, ready for updates and uninstalls.
- macOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Amazon Linux, Fedora, and openSUSE hosts
- Your existing SSH config, keys, agent, and known_hosts
- Agentless Linux inventory for APT, apk, DNF, and Zypper
- Global npm, pnpm, and Bun packages; pipx and uv tools; Cargo and Go binaries
- pkgx packages, with older installed versions preserved when you update
Update with context
Read the release notes before you update.
Open the project’s release notes beside the installed package. Check breaking changes, then run the update when you’re ready.
- Installed and available versions together
- Release notes in the package view
- Update after you review the changes
Find the strays
Cached npx commands and uvx environments count too. If it is taking up space, it belongs in the inventory.
Act in context
Update and remove supported packages with the manager that installed them.
Keep the caveats
Missing metadata stays missing. rustup remains inventory-only until its actions are safe and obvious.
FAQ
A manager for managers.
Is Package Manager Manager a package manager?
No. PMM is a manager for package managers; it doesn’t manage packages itself.
Can I choose my default text editor and terminal?
Yes. Select a supported installed app on your local Mac, then find Default App in its dossier (detail pane). Choose Set as Default Text Editor for text and plain-text files, or Set as Default Terminal for Unix executables and terminal command files. Supported Homebrew-installed apps work too.
Use for All Other Text Formats also assigns common source-code, markup, configuration, and script formats, including Swift, Markdown, JSON, and YAML. For terminals, Use for All Other Script Formats adds shell and interpreter scripts such as Bash, Zsh, Python, and Ruby. Both buttons set the basic default too and replace existing associations for those formats.
These settings change macOS file associations on your local Mac. They don’t change shell variables such as EDITOR or VISUAL.
How is this different from mise?
Apart from the obvious difference—PMM is a GUI, not a CLI—PMM is a dashboard and monitoring app for your other package managers, not a package manager itself. For example, you can use PMM to manage packages installed by mise across all of mise’s own backends.
Free and open source