Alternatives to shimmy
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. shimmy itself: install shimmy.
uv
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ruff
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gitoxide
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ncc
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boa
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maturin
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readerwriterqueue
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bluepill
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tinysearch
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erg
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Printrun
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Core Data Editor
Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data. Core Data Editor is compatible with Mac and iOS applications and supports
Zedis
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cargo-geiger
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double-conversion
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rust
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openai-whisper
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whisper.cpp
Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
pyenv
Simple Python version management
black
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poetry
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VSCodium
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
jj
A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful
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 shimmy — 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.
shimmy 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.