Alternatives to lstr
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. lstr itself: install lstr.
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
kubectl-tree
kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree 🎄 (star the repo if you are using)
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
dotter
A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀
kibi
A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
rumdl
Fast Markdown linter and formatter written in Rust
Ajour
A World of Warcraft addon manager written in Rust
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
gitoxide
An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
blake3
the official Rust and C implementations of the BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function
cargo-flamegraph
Easy flamegraphs for Rust projects and everything else, without Perl or pipes <3
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
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 lstr — 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.
lstr 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.