Alternatives to Finch
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Finch itself: install Finch.
Kui
A hybrid command-line/UI development experience for cloud-native development
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
Neovide
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
AyuGram
Desktop Telegram client with good customization and Ghost mode
Tribler
Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery
Termora
Termora is a terminal emulator and SSH client for Windows, macOS and Linux
atac
A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal
graphqurl
curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL. Also a dead-simple universal javascript GraphQL client
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
graphql-cli
📟 Command line tool for common GraphQL development workflows
cri-tools
CLI and validation tools for Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
godns
A dynamic DNS client tool that supports AliDNS, Cloudflare, Google Domains, DNSPod, HE.net & DuckDNS & DreamHost, etc, written in Go
Postbird
Open source PostgreSQL GUI client for macOS, Linux and Windows
pixivbiu
A Pixiv client. Easy to search, browse, and download artworks
Electorrent
A remote control client for µTorrent, qBittorrent, rTorrent, Transmission, Synology & Deluge
Matterhorn
A feature-rich Unix terminal client for the Mattermost chat system
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
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 Finch — 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.
Finch 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.