Alternatives to install-nothing
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. install-nothing itself: install install-nothing.
arttime
arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
immich-go
An alternative to the immich-CLI command that doesn't depend on nodejs installation. It tries its best for importing google photos takeout archives
youplot
A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
bagels
Powerful expense tracker that lives in your terminal
SimSim
Use SimSim to explore iOS application folders in Terminal or Finder. Fast, stable, free alternative to SimPholders
t-rec
Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included
micro
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Cool Retro Term
A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display..
gitui
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
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
aicommits
A CLI that writes your git commit messages for you with AI
yewtube
yewtube, forked from mps-youtube , is a Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. No Youtube API key required
Xcodes
The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
Rio
A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
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 install-nothing — 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.
install-nothing 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.