Alternatives to dsq
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. dsq itself: install dsq.
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
signal-cli
signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger
xleak
A fast terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Features full-text search, formula display, lazy loading for large files, clipboard support, and
jq
Command-line JSON processor
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
sqlx-cli
🧰 The Rust SQL Toolkit. An async, pure Rust SQL crate featuring compile-time checked queries without a DSL. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite
yq
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
runc
CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
bear
Generate compile_commands.json for any C or C++ build
zplug
A next-generation plugin manager for zsh — manage plugins, commands, and themes from GitHub, Bitbucket, oh-my-zsh, prezto, and more with parallel inst
astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
killport
A command-line tool to kill processes and containers running on specified ports
github-release
Commandline app to create and edit releases on Github (and upload artifacts)
jp
dead simple terminal plots from JSON data. single binary, no dependencies. linux, osx, windows
generate-json-schema
🧞 Convert JSON Objects to MySQL, JSON Schema, Mongoose, Google BigQuery, Swagger, and more
yj
CLI - Convert between YAML, TOML, JSON, and HCL. Preserves map order
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
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 dsq — 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.
dsq 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.