Alternatives to limine
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. limine itself: install limine.
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
restic
Fast, secure, efficient backup program
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
Secretive
Protect your SSH keys with your Mac's Secure Enclave
lefthook
Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects
gopass
The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams
highway
Performance-portable, length-agnostic SIMD with runtime dispatch
Phoenix
A lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript
overmind
Process manager for Procfile-based applications and tmux
Razer macOS
Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer
SeKey
Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!
landrun
Run any Linux process in a secure, unprivileged sandbox using Landlock. Think firejail, but lightweight, user-friendly, and baked into the kernel
sleek
todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and Mac, free and open-source (FOSS)
dotter
A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀
ccm
Apache Cassandra® Cluster Manager (CCM) – easily create and destroy clusters on localhost
libass
libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format
Ajour
A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
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 limine — 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.
limine 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.