Alternatives to mapscii
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. mapscii itself: install mapscii.
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
redshift
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Gitify
Git notifications on your menu bar. Available on macOS, Windows & Linux
libsepol
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MarkText
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Recordly
Create polished demo videos without editing skills. Mac/Windows/Linux
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
Secretive
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IPFS Desktop
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux
MeetingBar
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BLEUnlock
Lock/unlock your Mac with your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other Bluetooth LE devices
LidAngleSensor
tfw when you when your lid when uhh angle your lid sensor
Wasabi Wallet
Open-source, non-custodial, privacy preserving Bitcoin wallet for Windows, Linux, and Mac
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
sleek
todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and Mac, free and open-source (FOSS)
dislocker
FUSE driver to read/write Windows' BitLocker-ed volumes under Linux / Mac OSX
npq
safely install npm packages by auditing them pre-install stage
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
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
Gmail Desktop
:postbox: Gmail desktop app for macOS, Windows & Linux (formerly Gmail Desktop)
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
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://
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 mapscii — 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.
mapscii 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.