Alternatives to Postbird
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Postbird itself: install Postbird.
Termora
Termora is a terminal emulator and SSH client for Windows, macOS and Linux
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
GalaxyBudsClient
Unofficial Galaxy Buds Manager for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
samply
Command-line sampling profiler for macOS, Linux, and Windows
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
RepoZ
👨💻 A zero-conf git repository hub for Windows and macOS with Windows Explorer- & CLI-enhancements
ipatool
Command-line tool that allows you to search for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and macOS apps on the App Store, and download .ipa or macOS .pkg app pack
displayplacer
macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS
jp
dead simple terminal plots from JSON data. single binary, no dependencies. linux, osx, windows
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
sqlx-cli
🧰 The Rust SQL Toolkit. An async, pure Rust SQL crate featuring compile-time checked queries without a DSL. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite
Neovide
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
OpenInTerminal-Lite
✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
AyuGram
Desktop Telegram client with good customization and Ghost mode
Kaku
🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box macOS terminal built for AI coding
Tribler
Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery
screenfetch
Fetches system/theme information in terminal for Linux desktop screenshots
Finch
The Finch CLI is an open source client for container development
atac
A simple API client (postman like) in your terminal
graphqurl
curl for GraphQL with autocomplete, subscriptions and GraphiQL. Also a dead-simple universal javascript GraphQL client
pspg
Unix pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. Designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too. Works well with pgcli to
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 Postbird — 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.
Postbird 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.