Alternatives to spacer
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. spacer itself: install spacer.
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
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
slackcat
CLI utility to post files and command output to slack
git-xargs
git-xargs is a command-line tool (CLI) for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command
yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
cc-switch
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
gemini-cli
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
thefuck
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command
fzf
:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
pake
🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command
tmux
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
SiYuan
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
php
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
zoxide
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells
httpie
🥧 HTTPie CLI — modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more
jq
Command-line JSON processor
YesPlayMusic
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool
ccusage
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
navi
An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line
awscli
Universal Command Line Interface for Amazon Web Services
lsd
The next gen ls command
yq
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
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 spacer — 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.
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