Alternatives to Mac-CLI
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Mac-CLI itself: install Mac-CLI.
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
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
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
displayplacer
macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS
teller
Cloud native secrets management for developers - never leave your command line for secrets
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
xcodegen
A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
youplot
A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
hstr
Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history
samply
Command-line sampling profiler for macOS, Linux, and Windows
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)
noseyparker
Nosey Parker is a command-line tool that finds secrets and sensitive information in textual data and Git history
Retroactive
Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and mac
astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
bat-extras
Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools
krane
A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the result
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
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
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 Mac-CLI — 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.
Mac-CLI 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.