Reload

Reload is a program developed by 4YOURNEEDS Inc in 1997. Designed to be a package manager/app store for Windows and MacOS, the software would allow you to connect to a server, usually by default 4YN's server. The software had approximately 11 categories, and 5 subcategories:

Categories

 * Accessories
 * Education
 * Internet
 * Office
 * Games
 * Graphics
 * Multimedia
 * Engineering
 * Themes
 * Wallpapers

Subcategories

 * Repos Best Choice
 * Best Ratings
 * Top 10
 * Free
 * Paid

Userbase
Approximately over 500k users were using the program in 2003, most of them being Windows users.

Open-sourcing of the software
In October 15th 2004, 4YN announced on their blog that they will be open sourcing the Reload software, after 7+ years of being closed source. Due to this, many ports and forks have been made, with the most popular being Citruspack, which later on became Zesty.

Zesty
Zesty is a fork of Reload, being the same as Reload, but with more features, and supports more platforms. This made Zesty the better choice for users wanting a easy to use but advanced and feature packed package manager.

Features

 * Cleaner GUI
 * Themes
 * P2P support
 * Easy repository manager

Zesty later on became more popular than Reload after the shutdown announcement, after the Zesty Team announced that they will continue to maintain the Zesty software after shutdown