Alternatives to PowerShell
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. PowerShell itself: install PowerShell.
incubator-pagespeed-ngx
Automatic PageSpeed optimization module for Nginx
casos
CasOS: a cloud operating system built on Kubernetes, Live Demo: https://demo.casos.net
ollama
Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models
fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool
Archon
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable
jcode
The most RAM efficient harness
entt
Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more
OpenJarvis
Personal AI, On Personal Devices
macintosh.js
🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
gops
A tool to list and diagnose Go processes currently running on your system
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
aptos-core
Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience
whodb
Where data access meets operational intelligence
autorest
OpenAPI (f.k.a Swagger) Specification code generator. Supports C#, PowerShell, Go, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
opengrep
🔎 Static code analysis engine to find security issues in code
libfaketime
libfaketime modifies the system time for a single application
dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows
kdash
A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes
smcFanControl
Control the fans of every Intel Mac to make it run cooler
entityx
EntityX - A fast, type-safe C++ Entity-Component system
gcsfuse
A user-space file system for interacting with Google Cloud Storage
clawgod
ClawGod is a runtime patch applied to the official Claude Code. It continues to be supported with each version update
macchina
A system information frontend with an emphasis on performance
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 PowerShell — 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.
PowerShell 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.