Alternatives to chakra
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. chakra itself: install chakra.
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
opensearch
🔎 Open source distributed and RESTful search engine
shimmy
⚡ Pure-Rust WebGPU inference engine — OpenAI-API compatible, GGUF native, runs on any GPU. No Python. No llama.cpp. Single binary
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript
GZDoom
GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities
tinysearch
🔍 Tiny, full-text search engine for static websites built with Rust and Wasm
julius
Open-Source Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Engine
sherif
Opinionated, zero-config linter for TypeScript & JavaScript monorepos
llnode
An lldb plugin for Node.js and V8, which enables inspection of JavaScript states for insights into Node.js processes and their core dumps
cromwell
Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environme
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
ffmpeg
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
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 chakra — 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.
chakra 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.