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Nala vs Synaptic: catalog facts
Nala	Synaptic
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free software distributed through Debian and Savannah.
Linux, Command line	Linux
Parallel package downloads Clearer output than plain apt	Full apt feature set without the command line Package version locking and forced versions
Only for apt-based distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu A wrapper around apt rather than a replacement for it	Only for APT-based distributions Project homepage is rarely updated
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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