Alternatives to bubblewrap
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. bubblewrap itself: install bubblewrap.
git-flow
Git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
lefthook
Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of 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
cargo-flamegraph
Easy flamegraphs for Rust projects and everything else, without Perl or pipes <3
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
kondo
Cleans dependencies and build artifacts from your projects
landrun
Run any Linux process in a secure, unprivileged sandbox using Landlock. Think firejail, but lightweight, user-friendly, and baked into the kernel
bde
Basic Development Environment - a set of foundational C++ libraries used at Bloomberg
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)
httm
Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups!)
libsepol
This is the upstream repository for the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) userland libraries and tools. The software provided by this project compleme
DevCleaner
If you want to reclaim tens of gigabytes of your storage used for various Xcode caches - this tool is for you!
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
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 bubblewrap — 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.
bubblewrap 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.