Alternatives to hack-browser-data
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. hack-browser-data itself: install hack-browser-data.
Retroactive
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Xournal++
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rtaudio
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MarkText
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Reactotron
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Gitify
Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
libsepol
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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
IPFS Desktop
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux
Finicky
A macOS app for customizing which browser to start
concurrencykit
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Wasabi Wallet
Open-source, non-custodial, privacy preserving Bitcoin wallet for Windows, Linux, and Mac
Razer macOS
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sleek
todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and Mac, free and open-source (FOSS)
folderify
:file_folder: Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. (Now with support for macOS 26 Tahoe!)
dislocker
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LocalizationEditor
Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS and macOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side
shallow-backup
Git-integrated backup tool for macOS and Linux devs
postgresql-hll
PostgreSQL extension adding HyperLogLog data structures as a native data type
rtmidi
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime MIDI input/output across Linux (ALSA & JACK), Macintosh OS X (CoreMIDI) and Windows (Multi
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 hack-browser-data — 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.
hack-browser-data 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.