Alternatives to bde
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. bde itself: install bde.
libsepol
This is the upstream repository for the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) userland libraries and tools. The software provided by this project compleme
mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like
pipenv
Python Development Workflow for Humans
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
lua
A copy of the Lua development repository, as seen by the Lua team. Mirrored irregularly. All communication should be through the Lua mailing list http
AWS Vault
A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments
bubblewrap
Low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool used by Flatpak and similar projects
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
sccache
Sccache is a ccache-like tool. It is used as a compiler wrapper and avoids compilation when possible. Sccache has the capability to utilize caching in
gcviewer
Fork of tagtraum industries' GCViewer. Tagtraum stopped development in 2008, I aim to improve support for Sun's / Oracle's java 1.6+ garbage collector
fernflower
Decompiler from Java bytecode to Java, used in IntelliJ IDEA
minica
minica is a small, simple CA intended for use in situations where the CA operator also operates each host where a certificate will be used
Crystal
(Crystal is now Nimbalyst) Run multiple Codex and Claude Code AI sessions in parallel git worktrees. Test, compare approaches & manage AI-assisted dev
shaderc
A collection of tools, libraries, and tests for Vulkan shader compilation
asimov
Automatically exclude development dependencies from Apple Time Machine backups
roswell
intended to be a launcher for a major lisp environment that just works
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
sitefetch
Fetch an entire site and save it as a text file (to be used with AI models)
toast
Containerize your development and continuous integration environments. 🥂
DevCleaner
If you want to reclaim tens of gigabytes of your storage used for various Xcode caches - this tool is for you!
libpg_query
C library for accessing the PostgreSQL parser outside of the server environment
bulk_extractor
This is the development tree. Production downloads are at:
envchain
Environment variables meet macOS Keychain and gnome-keyring <3
eslint_d
🪄 Speed up eslint to accelerate your development workflow
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 bde — 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.
bde 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.