Alternatives to async_simple
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. async_simple itself: install async_simple.
cve-bin-tool
The CVE Binary Tool helps you determine if your system includes known vulnerabilities. You can scan binaries for over 350 common, vulnerable component
animdl
A highly efficient, fast, powerful and light-weight anime downloader and streamer for your favorite anime
poetry
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ddns-go
Simple and easy to use DDNS. Support Aliyun, Tencent Cloud, Dnspod, Cloudflare, Callback, Huawei Cloud, Baidu Cloud, Porkbun, GoDaddy, Namecheap, Name
Hidden Bar
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async-profiler
Sampling CPU and HEAP profiler for Java featuring AsyncGetCallTrace + perf_events
zsh-autocomplete
🤖 Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion
cargo-flamegraph
Easy flamegraphs for Rust projects and everything else, without Perl or pipes <3
go-rice
go.rice is a Go package that makes working with resources such as html,js,css,images,templates, etc very easy
reshape
An easy-to-use, zero-downtime schema migration tool for Postgres
bilix
⚡️Lightning-fast async download tool for bilibili and more
kerl
Easy building and installing of Erlang/OTP instances
sofka
A Kubernetes TUI, reimagined in Rust - built on kube-rs and ratatui, async-first from the ground up
keyring
Easy way to access the system keyring service from python
Easy Move+Resize
Adds "modifier key + mouse drag" move and resize to OSX
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
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 async_simple — 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.
async_simple 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.