Alternatives to SimSim
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. SimSim itself: install SimSim.
OpenInTerminal-Lite
✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
fzy
:mag: A simple, fast fuzzy finder for the terminal
whosthere
Local Area Network discovery tool with an interactive Terminal User Interface (TUI) written in Go. Discover, explore, and understand your LAN in an in
cd to
Finder Toolbar app to open the current directory in the Terminal
astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
arttime
arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰
install-nothing
A terminal application that simulates installing things but doesn't actually install anything
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included
Another Redis Desktop Manager
🚀🚀🚀A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager [GUI client], compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac
micro
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Cool Retro Term
A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display..
gitui
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
bash-snippets
A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users
yewtube
yewtube, forked from mps-youtube , is a Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. No Youtube API key required
Rio
A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers
terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
spotify_player
A Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity
immich-go
An alternative to the immich-CLI command that doesn't depend on nodejs installation. It tries its best for importing google photos takeout archives
Kaku
🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box macOS terminal built for AI coding
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 SimSim — 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.
SimSim 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.