Alternatives to IPFS Desktop
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. IPFS Desktop itself: install IPFS Desktop.
Gmail Desktop
:postbox: Gmail desktop app for macOS, Windows & Linux (formerly Gmail Desktop)
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
landrun
Run any Linux process in a secure, unprivileged sandbox using Landlock. Think firejail, but lightweight, user-friendly, and baked into the kernel
libsepol
This is the upstream repository for the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) userland libraries and tools. The software provided by this project compleme
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
fd
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
Recordly
Create polished demo videos without editing skills. Mac/Windows/Linux
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
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
Gitify
Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux
Git-it
:computer: :mortar_board: Git-it is a (Mac, Win, Linux) Desktop App for Learning Git and GitHub
JupyterLab App
JupyterLab desktop application, based on Electron
LBRY Desktop
A browser and wallet for LBRY, the decentralized, user-controlled content marketplace
AriaNg Native
A better aria2 desktop frontend than AriaNg, with all features of AriaNg and providing more features for desktop usage
Wasabi Wallet
Open-source, non-custodial, privacy preserving Bitcoin wallet for Windows, Linux, and Mac
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
sleek
todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and Mac, free and open-source (FOSS)
dislocker
FUSE driver to read/write Windows' BitLocker-ed volumes under Linux / Mac OSX
rtaudio
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime audio input/output across Linux (native ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio and OSS), Macintosh OS X (C
Jitsi Meet
Jitsi Meet desktop application powered by :electron:
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
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
mackup
Backup and keep your application settings in sync
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 IPFS Desktop — 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.
IPFS Desktop 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.