Alternatives to hstr
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. hstr itself: install hstr.
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
Mac-CLI
macOS command line tool for developers – The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. It provides a huge set of command line commands that automatize the u
z.lua
:zap: A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command
k9s
🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
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
ipatool
Command-line tool that allows you to search for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and macOS apps on the App Store, and download .ipa or macOS .pkg app pack
bash-snippets
A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users
xcodegen
A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project
gitlogue
A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story
teller
Cloud native secrets management for developers - never leave your command line for secrets
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
noseyparker
Nosey Parker is a command-line tool that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history
astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
clifm
💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager
bat-extras
Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
brew-php-switcher
Brew PHP switcher is a simple shell script to switch your apache and CLI quickly between major versions of PHP. If you support multiple products/proje
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
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 hstr — 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.
hstr 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.