Alternatives to mago
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. mago itself: install mago.
Cleartext
A text editor that will help you write clearer and simpler
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
cloudformation-guard
Guard offers a policy-as-code domain-specific language (DSL) to write rules and validate JSON- and YAML-formatted data such as CloudFormation Template
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
credo
A static code analysis tool for the Elixir language with a focus on code consistency and teaching
autopep8
A tool that automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide
marksman
Write Markdown with code assist and intelligence in the comfort of your favourite editor
Monokle
Monokle is a set of OSS tools designed to help create and maintain high-quality Kubernetes configurations throughout the application lifecycle
rtaudio
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime audio input/output across Linux (native ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio and OSS), Macintosh OS X (C
procyon-decompiler
Procyon is a suite of Java metaprogramming tools, including a rich reflection API, a LINQ-inspired expression tree API for runtime code generation, an
rtmidi
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime MIDI input/output across Linux (ALSA & JACK), Macintosh OS X (CoreMIDI) and Windows (Multi
nelm
Nelm is a Helm 4 alternative. It is a Kubernetes deployment tool that manages Helm Charts and deploys them to Kubernetes. The Nelm goal is to provide
scriptisto
A language-agnostic "shebang interpreter" that enables you to write scripts in compiled languages
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
prettier
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
black
The uncompromising Python code formatter
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
VSCodium
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
DevToys
A Swiss Army knife for developers
jj
A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
git-flow
Git extensions to provide high-level repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model
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 mago — 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.
mago 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.