Alternatives to AriaNg Native
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. AriaNg Native itself: install AriaNg Native.
Gmail Desktop
:postbox: Gmail desktop app for macOS, Windows & Linux (formerly Gmail Desktop)
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
duf
Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative
React Native Debugger
The standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools
espeak-ng
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents
IPFS Desktop
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux
macshot Offline
Feature-packed native macOS screenshot & recording tool: annotate, auto-redact PII, record GIFs, OCR + translate, scroll capture, beautify, and more.
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
git-extras
GIT utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
entt
Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
matterbridge
bridge between mattermost, IRC, gitter, xmpp, slack, discord, telegram, rocketchat, twitch, ssh-chat, zulip, whatsapp, keybase, matrix, microsoft team
pywhat
🐸 Identify anything. pyWhat easily lets you identify emails, IP addresses, and more. Feed it a .pcap file or some text and it'll tell you what it is!
gopass
The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
Git-it
:computer: :mortar_board: Git-it is a (Mac, Win, Linux) Desktop App for Learning Git and GitHub
zsh-vi-mode
💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH
JupyterLab App
JupyterLab desktop application, based on Electron
Textream
Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app for streamers, interviewers, and presenters. It highlights your script in real-time as you speak, displayed
LBRY Desktop
A browser and wallet for LBRY, the decentralized, user-controlled content marketplace
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than AriaNg Native — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
AriaNg Native is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.