Alternatives to smap
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. smap itself: install smap.
hey
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
git-filter-repo
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
forgit
:zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
zlib-ng-compat
zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems
msgvault
Archive a lifetime of email and chat. Offline search, analytics, and AI query over your full message history. Powered by SQLite and DuckDB
fastmod
A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool. Assists with large-scale codebase refactors via regex-based find and replace with human oversight and
Jitsi Meet
Jitsi Meet desktop application powered by :electron:
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
inlyne
a GPU powered yet browserless tool to view markdown files in the blink of an eye
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
Syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
ffmpeg
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://
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 smap — 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.
smap 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.