Alternatives to portal
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. portal itself: install portal.
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
icloudpd
A command-line tool to download photos from iCloud
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
displayplacer
macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS
ios-deploy
Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
gyb
Got Your Back (GYB) is a command line tool for backing up your Gmail messages to your computer using Gmail's API over HTTPS
pipdeptree
A command line utility to display dependency tree of the installed Python packages
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
apkeep
A command-line tool for downloading APK files from various sources
clifm
💾 The shell-like, command-line terminal file manager
podlet
Generate Podman Quadlet files from a Podman command, compose file, or existing object
switchaudio-osx
Change the audio source for Mac OS X from the command line
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
pcp
📦 Command line peer-to-peer data transfer tool based on libp2p
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
jq
Command-line JSON processor
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool
navi
An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
awscli
Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services
yq
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
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 portal — 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.
portal 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.