Alternatives to direnv
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. direnv itself: install direnv.
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
Secretive
Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave
MeetingBar
🇺🇦 Your meetings at your fingertips in the macOS menu bar
BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
LidAngleSensor
tfw when you when your lid when uhh angle your lid sensor
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
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://
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
jackett
API Support for your favorite torrent trackers
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
mackup
Backup and keep your application settings in sync
npm-check-updates
Find newer versions of package dependencies than what your package.json allows
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
mapscii
🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect wi
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
git-standup
Recall what you or your team did on the last working day
Dayflow
The automatic work journal/time tracker. Privately turns your screen into a timeline of what you actually accomplished. Open-source and local-first
wstunnel
Tunnel all your traffic over Websocket or HTTP2 - Bypass firewalls/DPI - Static binary available
arxiv_latex_cleaner
arXiv LaTeX Cleaner: Easily clean the LaTeX code of your paper to submit to arXiv
gops
A tool to list and diagnose Go processes currently running on your system
xxh
🚀 Bring your favorite shell wherever you go through the ssh. Xonsh shell, fish, zsh, osquery and so on
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 direnv — 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.
direnv 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.