We're using it to distribute internal tools across macOS and Linux developers. It excels in this.

Are there any good alternatives?

100% Nix, it works on every distro, MacOS, WSL2 and won't pollute your system (it'll create /nix and patch your bashrc on installation and everything from there on goes into /nix).

	▲	cyberax 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Downside: it's Nix. I tried it, but I have not been able to easily replicate our Homebrew env. We have a private repo with pre-compiled binaries, and a simple Homebrew formula that downloads the utilities and installs them. Compiling the binaries requires quite a few tools (C++, sigh). I got stuck at the point where I needed to use a private repo in Nix.