Alternatives to Phoenix
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Phoenix itself: install Phoenix.
Retroactive
Run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Golden Gate, macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, and mac
Razer macOS
Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
folderify
:file_folder: Generate pixel-perfect macOS folder icons in the native style. (Now with support for macOS 26 Tahoe!)
LocalizationEditor
Simple macOS editor app to help you manage iOS and macOS app localizations by allowing you to edit all the translations side by side
Multi
Create custom, lightweight macOS apps from websites
Stringz
A lightweight and powerful editor for localizing iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS applications
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
MarkText
📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows
eslint
Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code
fnm
🚀 Fast and simple Node.js version manager, built in Rust
Vorssaint
Free and open-source macOS menu bar toolkit
sonic
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
Reactotron
A desktop app for inspecting your React JS and React Native projects. macOS, Linux, and Windows
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
Easydict
A concise and elegant Dictionary and Translator macOS App for looking up words and translating text
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to Sou
chakra
ChakraCore is an open source Javascript engine with a C API
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 Phoenix — 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.
Phoenix 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.