Alternatives to soft-serve
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. soft-serve itself: install soft-serve.
cookiecutter
A cross-platform command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates), e.g. Python package projects, C projects
av1an
Cross-platform command-line AV1 / VP9 / HEVC / H264 encoding framework with per scene quality encoding
terraform-mcp-server
The Terraform MCP Server provides seamless integration with Terraform ecosystem, enabling advanced automation and interaction capabilities for Infrast
rush-parallel
A cross-platform command-line tool for executing jobs in parallel
caddy
Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
http-server
A simple, zero-configuration, command-line http server
smartdns
A cross platform local DNS server (Dnsmasq like) written in rust to obtain the fastest website IP for the best Internet experience, supports DoT, DoQ,
grafana
The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki
Alacritty
A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
Logseq
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: ht
Spacedrive
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust
Buzz
A hive mind communication platform
kitty-nightly
If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based
WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal
Consul
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastruc
ncnn
ncnn is a high-performance neural network inference framework optimized for the mobile platform
renovate
Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io
onnxruntime
ONNX Runtime: cross-platform, high performance ML inferencing and training accelerator
PyCharm OSS
IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform
Universal Android Debloater
Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
terraformer
CLI tool to generate terraform files from existing infrastructure (reverse Terraform). Infrastructure to Code
aws-cdk
The AWS Cloud Development Kit is a framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code
ungit
The easiest way to use git. On any platform. Anywhere
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 soft-serve — 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.
soft-serve 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.