Alternatives to Orchard
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Orchard itself: install Orchard.
docker-credential-helper-ecr
Automatically gets credentials for Amazon ECR on docker push/docker pull
AriaNg Native
A better aria2 desktop frontend than AriaNg, with all features of AriaNg and providing more features for desktop usage
docker-clean
A script that cleans docker containers, images, volumes, and networks
Gmail Desktop
:postbox: Gmail desktop app for macOS, Windows & Linux (formerly Gmail Desktop)
docker-compose
Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
React Native Debugger
The standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools
IPFS Desktop
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux
dockerize
Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers
swift-sh
Easily script with third-party Swift dependencies
Mac Sai
Mac Sai: the open-source Mac cleaner, optimizer, and malware scanner. A free, Apple-notarized alternative to CleanMyMac, built with Swift 6 and SwiftU
Swimat
[ARCHIVED] An Xcode formatter plug-in for Swift. Superseded by swift-format, now built into Xcode
lazyjournal
TUI for viewing logs from journald, auditd, file system, Docker and Podman containers, Compose stacks and Kubernetes pods with support for log highlig
rootlesskit
Linux-native "fake root" for implementing rootless containers
OpenSim
OpenSim is an open source alternative to SimPholders, written in Swift
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
MonitorControl
🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the
podman
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
hey
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
swiftlint
A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
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 Orchard — 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.
Orchard 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.