Side-by-Side Comparison
lux vs MacPacker
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● lumen-oss/lux (998)
● sarensw/MacPacker (1K)
☆ 998lux stars
☆ 1KMacPacker stars
+2Difference
MacPackerStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
MacPacker Leads
+2 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
MacPacker Leads
43 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
MacPacker
Pushed 7d ago
Licensing
Different
lux: LGPL-3.0 vs MacPacker: GPL-3.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | lumen-oss/lux ↗ | sarensw/MacPacker ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | A luxurious package manager for Lua | Archive manager and 7zip replacement for macOS. Preview (nested) archives without extracting them. Extract single files. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 998 | ☆ 1,000 |
| Forks | 29 | 43 |
| Open Issues | 104 | 45 |
| Main Language | Rust | Swift |
| License | LGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 3, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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