Alternatives to macchina
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. macchina itself: install macchina.
fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool
nebula
A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
mimalloc
mimalloc is a compact general purpose allocator with excellent performance
entt
Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more
skopeo
Work with remote images registries - retrieving information, images, signing content
macintosh.js
🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
gops
A tool to list and diagnose Go processes currently running on your system
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
recon-ng
Open Source Intelligence gathering tool aimed at reducing the time spent harvesting information from open sources
highway
Performance-portable, length-agnostic SIMD with runtime dispatch
massdns
A high-performance DNS stub resolver for bulk lookups and reconnaissance (subdomain enumeration)
libfaketime
libfaketime modifies the system time for a single application
core-lightning
Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
AriaNg Native
A better aria2 desktop frontend than AriaNg, with all features of AriaNg and providing more features for desktop usage
concurrencykit
Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, des
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
entityx
EntityX - A fast, type-safe C++ Entity-Component system
gcsfuse
A user-space file system for interacting with Google Cloud Storage
cve-bin-tool
The CVE Binary Tool helps you determine if your system includes known vulnerabilities. You can scan binaries for over 350 common, vulnerable component
logrotate
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files
gradle-profiler
A tool for gathering profiling and benchmarking information for Gradle builds
keyring
Easy way to access the system keyring service from python
lazyjournal
TUI for viewing logs from journald, auditd, file system, Docker and Podman containers, Compose stacks and Kubernetes pods with support for log highlig
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 macchina — 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.
macchina 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.