Alternatives to honcho
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. honcho itself: install honcho.
overmind
Process manager for Procfile-based applications and tmux
pipx
Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments
Core Data Editor
Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data. Core Data Editor is compatible with Mac and iOS applications and supports
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
bat
A cat(1) clone with wings
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
pyenv
Simple Python version management
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
docker-compose
Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
poetry
Python packaging and dependency management made easy
podman
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
pipenv
Python Development Workflow for Humans
sops
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
mypy
Optional static typing for Python
pybind11
Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
pyright
Static Type Checker for Python
py-spy
Sampling profiler for Python programs
cataclysm
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
React Native Debugger
The standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools
swiftgen
The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!
retdec
RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
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 honcho — 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.
honcho 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.