Alternatives to reg
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. reg itself: install reg.
mcp-publisher
A community driven registry service for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
nrm
NPM registry manager, fast switch between different registries: npm, cnpm, nj, taobao
bun
Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
carthage
A simple, decentralized dependency manager for Cocoa
Stability Matrix
Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion
websocat
Command-line client for WebSockets, like netcat (or curl) for ws:// with advanced socat-like functions
ssh-audit
SSH server & client security auditing (banner, key exchange, encryption, mac, compression, compatibility, security, etc)
corepack
Package manager version manager for Node.js projects
docker-credential-helper-ecr
Automatically gets credentials for Amazon ECR on docker push/docker pull
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
mint
A package manager that installs and runs executable Swift packages
cargo-crev
A cryptographically verifiable code review system for the cargo (Rust) package manager
selecta
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command
peru
a generic package manager, for including other people's code in your projects
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
cdxgen
Creates CycloneDX Bill of Materials (BOM) for your projects from source and container images. Supports many languages and package managers. Integrate
pacapt
An ArchLinux's pacman-like shell wrapper for many package managers. 56KB and run anywhere
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LD
docker-compose
Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
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 reg — 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.
reg 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.