Alternatives to icloudpd
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. icloudpd itself: install icloudpd.
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
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
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
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
ios-deploy
Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
apkeep
A command-line tool for downloading APK files from various sources
portal
Portal is a quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another 🌌 ✨
switchaudio-osx
Change the audio source for Mac OS X from the command line
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
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
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool
navi
An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
awscli
Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services
yq
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
speedtest-cli
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
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
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
swiftformat
A command-line tool and Xcode Extension for formatting Swift code
xcodegen
A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project
websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
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 icloudpd — 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.
icloudpd 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.