Alternatives to bumblebee
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. bumblebee itself: install bumblebee.
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
pidcat
Colored logcat script which only shows log entries for a specific application package
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
inframap
Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph specific for each provider, showing only the resources that are most important/relevant
bwa
Burrow-Wheeler Aligner for short-read alignment (see minimap2 for long-read alignment)
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
Mac Sai
Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftU
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
masscan
TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
duf
Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative
grype
A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
gau
Fetch known URLs from AlienVault's Open Threat Exchange, the Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl
Syntax Highlight
Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS 12 and later
flex
The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++
kubent
Easily check your clusters for use of deprecated APIs
QuickLook Video
Finder Thumbnails, Quick Look previews, Get Info metadata and previews for most types of audio and video files
Unshaky
A software attempt to address the "double key press" issue on Apple's butterfly keyboard [not actively maintained]
zenith
Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage
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 bumblebee — 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.
bumblebee 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.