Alternatives to qnm
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. qnm itself: install qnm.
OpenInTerminal-Lite
✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
displayplacer
macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS
pipdeptree
A command line utility to display dependency tree of the installed Python packages
cd to
Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal
wasm-tools
CLI and Rust libraries for low-level manipulation of WebAssembly modules
portal
Portal is a quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another 🌌 ✨
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
ttyplot
a realtime plotting utility for terminal/console with data input from stdin
slackcat
CLI utility to post files and command output to slack
steamguard-cli
A linux utility for generating 2FA codes for Steam and managing Steam trade, market, and other confirmations
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
gemini-cli
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
pake
🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command
tmux
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
SiYuan
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
php
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
zoxide
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells
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
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 qnm — 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.
qnm 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.