Alternatives to pumba
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. pumba itself: install pumba.
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
Netron
Visualizer for neural network, deep learning and machine learning models
podman
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
iperf3
iperf3: A TCP, UDP, and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool
Yggdrasil
An experiment in scalable routing as an encrypted IPv6 overlay network
cjdns
An encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing
dockerize
Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers
bluepill
Bluepill is a reliable iOS testing tool that runs UI tests using multiple simulators on a single machine
core-lightning
Core Lightning — Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
zenith
Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
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
docker-clean
A script that cleans docker containers, images, volumes, and networks
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
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 pumba — 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.
pumba 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.