Open-source alternatives to Bower
3 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Bower itself when the data says so.
About Bower: Front-end package manager, officially deprecated since 2017 — its own homepage tells you to move on.
Looks unmaintained since 2024-10-13 — Bower: no commits for over a year. Computed from its GitHub repository, not our opinion.
How this 26/100 was computed
| Last commit | 23 months ago | 4/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 4.5 years ago | 0/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 26/100 |
The alternatives
pnpm
Fast, disk-efficient package manager with strict node_modules.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | today | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
npm
The default Node.js package manager.
How this 87/100 was computed
| Last commit | yesterday | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 9 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 87/100 |
Yarn
Alternative package manager with Plug'n'Play installs.
How this 79/100 was computed
| Last commit | 31 days ago | 32/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 37 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 12/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 79/100 |