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An open-source community system for compiling, installing, and upgrading command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on OS X.
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requires sudoyes
Supports Apple SiliconYes
Pros
Pro Nice variants system
MacPorts has a variants system that allows customizing builds with author provided options.
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Provides a consistent experience across OS X versions Pro
Nice variants systemPro
MacPorts is a native application: C + TCLPro
Requires SUDO to install appsPro
Most of the available packages workPro
Has many more packages than its competitorsPro
FastPro
Generally very up to date