Alternatives to puter
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. puter itself: install puter.
openship
Self-hosted deployment platform
shuttle
Build & ship backends without writing any infrastructure files
multica
Make humans and AI agents work as one team — open-source and self-hostable
soft-serve
The mighty, self-hostable Git server for the command line🍦
AiSOC
Open-source AI Security Operations Center: alert fusion, LLM-agent triage, MITRE ATT&CK investigation, and a replayable decision ledger for every agen
smartdns
A cross platform local DNS server (Dnsmasq like) written in rust to obtain the fastest website IP for the best Internet experience, supports DoT, DoQ,
openclaw
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
ollama
Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models
codex
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
caveman
🪨 why use many token when few token do trick. Viral skill + proxy for coding agents that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like a caveman
grafana
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki
unsloth
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
caddy
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
codegraph
Pre-indexed code knowledge graph, auto syncs on code changes, for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, OpenCode, AntiGravity, Kiro, CoPilot, and Hermes
openinterpreter
A coding agent for open models like Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3
Alacritty
A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
Logseq
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: ht
Spacedrive
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust
QwenPaw
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
Buzz
A hive mind communication platform
kitty-nightly
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based
WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal
Antigravity-Manager
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
OfficeCLI
Open-source developer tool with a documented one-command setup.
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 puter — 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.
puter 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.