DepHell vs Hex

Overview

Hex

Stacks53

Followers29

Votes0

GitHub Stars1.0K

Forks198

DepHell

Stacks1

Followers6

Votes0

GitHub Stars1.8K

Forks117

Hex vs DepHell: What are the differences?

What is Hex? Package manager for the Erlang ecosystem. Hex is package manager for the Erlang VM. This project currently provides tasks that integrate with Mix, Elixir's build tool.

What is DepHell? Python project management tool. It is a Python project management tool. Manage packages: convert between formats, lock, install, resolve, isolate, test, build graph, show outdated, audit. Manage venvs, build package, bump version.

Hex and DepHell can be categorized as "Package Managers" tools.

Hex and DepHell are both open source tools. DepHell with 887 GitHub stars and 58 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Hex with 582 GitHub stars and 122 GitHub forks.

Detailed Comparison

Hex	DepHell
Hex is package manager for the Erlang VM. This project currently provides tasks that integrate with Mix, Elixir's build tool.	It is a Python project management tool. Manage packages: convert between formats, lock, install, resolve, isolate, test, build graph, show outdated, audit. Manage venvs, build package, bump version.
-	Manage dependencies; Manage virtual environments; Install CLI tools into isolated environments. Manage packages: install, list, search on PyPI; Build packages (to upload on PyPI), test, bump project version; Discover licenses of all project dependencies, show outdated packages, find security issues
Statistics
GitHub Stars 1.0K	GitHub Stars 1.8K
GitHub Forks 198	GitHub Forks 117
Stacks 53	Stacks 1
Followers 29	Followers 6
Votes 0	Votes 0
Integrations
Elixir Erlang	Python

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