Alternatives to bluepill
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. bluepill itself: install bluepill.
sonic
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
readerwriterqueue
A fast single-producer, single-consumer lock-free queue for C++
pumba
Chaos testing, network emulation, and stress testing tool for containers
uncover
Quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet using multiple search engines
httm
Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups!)
massren
massren - easily rename multiple files using your text editor
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
Netron
Visualizer for neural network, deep learning and machine learning models
jj
A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful
Ultimate Vocal Remover
GUI for a Vocal Remover that uses Deep Neural Networks
Postgres
Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, pleas
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
archi-steam-farm
C# application with primary purpose of farming Steam cards from multiple accounts simultaneously
entt
Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
retdec
RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM
confd
Manage local application configuration files using templates and data from etcd or consul
espeak-ng
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents
noTunes
A simple macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching
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 bluepill — 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.
bluepill 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.