Alternatives to beads_viewer
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. beads_viewer itself: install beads_viewer.
generate-json-schema
🧞 Convert JSON Objects to MySQL, JSON Schema, Mongoose, Google BigQuery, Swagger, and more
zsh-vi-mode
💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH
hl
A fast and powerful log viewer and processor that converts JSON logs or logfmt logs into a clear human-readable format
cloudformation-guard
Guard offers a policy-as-code domain-specific language (DSL) to write rules and validate JSON- and YAML-formatted data such as CloudFormation Template
poetry
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
git-bug
Distributed, offline-first bug tracker integrated in git
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
miller
Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON
Dayflow
The automatic work journal/time tracker. Privately turns your screen into a timeline of what you actually accomplished. Open-source and local-first
OnlySwitch
⚙️ All-in-One menu bar app, hide 💻MacBook Pro's notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts
sbjson
This framework implements a strict JSON parser and generator in Objective-C
dafny
Dafny is a verification-aware programming language
json2ts
Compile JSON Schema to TypeScript type declarations
Unshaky
A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard [not actively maintained]
jclasslib bytecode viewer
jclasslib bytecode editor is a tool that visualizes all aspects of compiled Java class files and the contained bytecode
Fluor
A handy tool for macOS allowing you to switch Fn keys' mode based on active application
inframap
Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph specific for each provider, showing only the resources that are most important/relevant
dyff
/ˈdʏf/ - diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
lstr
A fast, minimalist directory tree viewer, written in Rust
SpaceRadar
Fast Disk And Memory Space Visualization App for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu
tev
High dynamic range (HDR) image viewer for people who care about colors
ngt
Nearest Neighbor Search with Neighborhood Graph and Tree for High-dimensional Data
coacd
[SIGGRAPH2022] Approximate Convex Decomposition for 3D Meshes with Collision-Aware Concavity and Tree Search
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 beads_viewer — 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.
beads_viewer 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.