Alternatives to mkcert
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. mkcert itself: install mkcert.
sherif
Opinionated, zero-config linter for TypeScript & JavaScript monorepos
certifi
(Python Distribution) A carefully curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the i
zsh-autosuggestions
Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
loki
Like Prometheus, but for logs
pipenv
Python Development Workflow for Humans
fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh
diff-so-fancy
Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada:
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
lua
A copy of the Lua development repository, as seen by the Lua team. Mirrored irregularly. All communication should be through the Lua mailing list http
miller
Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON
AWS Vault
A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments
sccache
Sccache is a ccache-like tool. It is used as a compiler wrapper and avoids compilation when possible. Sccache has the capability to utilize caching in
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
MarkEdit
Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown
vis
A vi-like editor based on Plan 9's structural regular expressions
gcviewer
Fork of tagtraum industries' GCViewer. Tagtraum stopped development in 2008, I aim to improve support for Sun's / Oracle's java 1.6+ garbage collector
Crystal
(Crystal is now Nimbalyst) Run multiple Codex and Claude Code AI sessions in parallel git worktrees. Test, compare approaches & manage AI-assisted dev
zenith
Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage
slackdump
Save or export your private and public Slack messages, threads, files, and users locally without admin privileges
smcFanControl
Control the fans of every Intel Mac to make it run cooler
certstrap
Tools to bootstrap CAs, certificate requests, and signed certificates
asimov
Automatically exclude development dependencies from Apple Time Machine backups
reshape
An easy-to-use, zero-downtime schema migration tool for Postgres
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 mkcert — 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.
mkcert 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.