Alternatives to Cleartext
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Cleartext itself: install Cleartext.
mago
Mago is a toolchain for PHP that aims to provide a set of tools to help developers write better code
Core Data Editor
Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data. Core Data Editor is compatible with Mac and iOS applications and supports
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
noTunes
A simple macOS application that will prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching
marksman
Write Markdown with code assist and intelligence in the comfort of your favourite editor
jclasslib bytecode viewer
jclasslib bytecode editor is a tool that visualizes all aspects of compiled Java class files and the contained bytecode
kibi
A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust
LocalizationEditor
Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS and macOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side
massren
massren - easily rename multiple files using your text editor
scriptisto
A language-agnostic "shebang interpreter" that enables you to write scripts in compiled languages
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
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
sonic
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
Easydict
A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
pywhat
🐸 Identify anything. pyWhat easily lets you identify emails, IP addresses, and more. Feed it a .pcap file or some text and it'll tell you what it is!
espeak-ng
eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents
redshift
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of
Mist
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
vis
A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
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 Cleartext — 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.
Cleartext 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.