Alternatives to gitwatch
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. gitwatch itself: install gitwatch.
folderify
:file_folder: Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. (Now with support for macOS 26 Tahoe!)
git-extras
GIT utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
pywhat
🐸 Identify anything. pyWhat easily lets you identify emails, IP addresses, and more. Feed it a .pcap file or some text and it'll tell you what it is!
pyupgrade
A tool (and pre-commit hook) to automatically upgrade syntax for newer versions of the language
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
git-filter-repo
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
swag
Automatically generate RESTful API documentation with Swagger 2.0 for Go
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
arxiv_latex_cleaner
arXiv LaTeX Cleaner: Easily clean the LaTeX code of your paper to submit to arXiv
gdown
Google Drive public file downloader when curl/wget fails
gotests
Automatically generate Go test boilerplate from your source code
Mist
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
autopep8
A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide
BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
reveal-md
reveal.js on steroids! Get beautiful reveal.js presentations from any Markdown file
kubent
Easily check your clusters for use of deprecated APIs
kubectl-tree
kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree 🎄 (star the repo if you are using)
inih
Simple .INI file parser in C, good for embedded systems
git-sync
A sidecar app which clones a git repo and keeps it in sync with the upstream
docker-credential-helper-ecr
Automatically gets credentials for Amazon ECR on docker push/docker pull
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
gcsfuse
A user-space file system for interacting with Google Cloud Storage
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 gitwatch — 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.
gitwatch 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.