Alternatives to krane
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. krane itself: install krane.
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
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
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
youplot
A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
z.lua
:zap: A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
noseyparker
Nosey Parker is a command-line tool that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history
bat-extras
Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools
click
The "Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes"
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
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
icloudpd
A command-line tool to download photos from iCloud
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 krane — 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.
krane 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.