Alternatives to github-release
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. github-release itself: install github-release.
cargo-release
Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate
ferium
Fast and multi-source CLI program for managing Minecraft mods and modpacks from Modrinth, CurseForge, and GitHub Releases
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
cheat
cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options
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
signal-cli
signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger
dsq
Commandline tool for running SQL queries against JSON, CSV, Excel, Parquet, and more
ghr
Upload multiple artifacts to GitHub Release in parallel
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
CleanMyMac CLI
Clean Xcode, Docker, Homebrew, and developer caches, remove project and AI artifacts, analyze storage, and reclaim disk space from the Terminal
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
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 github-release — 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.
github-release 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.