Alternatives to dbxcli
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. dbxcli itself: install dbxcli.
tag
A command line tool to manipulate tags on Mac OS X files, and to query for files with those tags
pinact
pinact is a CLI to edit GitHub Workflow and Composite action files and pin versions of Actions and Reusable Workflows. pinact can also update their ve
apkeep
A command-line tool for downloading APK files from various sources
graphql-cli
📟 Command line tool for common GraphQL development workflows
recoverpy
Interactively find and recover deleted or :point_right: overwritten :point_left: files from your terminal
podlet
Generate Podman Quadlet files from a Podman command, compose file, or existing object
xleak
A fast terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Features full-text search, formula display, lazy loading for large files, clipboard support, and
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
slackcat
CLI utility to post files and command output to slack
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
gemini-cli
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
pake
🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command
tmux
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
SiYuan
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
php
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
zoxide
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
jq
Command-line JSON processor
zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included
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 dbxcli — 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.
dbxcli 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.