Alternatives to standardebooks
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. standardebooks itself: install standardebooks.
hcxtools
A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper
logrotate
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files
bartycrouch
Localization/I18n: Incrementally update/translate your Strings files from .swift, .h, .m(m), .storyboard or .xib files
dex2jar
Tools to work with android .dex and java .class files
confd
Manage local application configuration files using templates and data from etcd or consul
miniserve
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
gopass
The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams
Kindle Comic Converter
KCC (a.k.a. Kindle Comic Converter) is a comic and manga converter for ebook readers
Syntax Highlight
Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS 12 and later
QuickLook Video
Finder Thumbnails, Quick Look previews, Get Info metadata and previews for most types of audio and video files
xdg-ninja
A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories
tabiew
A lightweight TUI application to view and query tabular data files, such as CSV, TSV, and parquet
fdupes
FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories
jclasslib bytecode viewer
jclasslib bytecode editor is a tool that visualizes all aspects of compiled Java class files and the contained bytecode
Asset Catalog Tinkerer
An app that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images
slackdump
Save or export your private and public Slack messages, threads, files, and users locally without admin privileges
lizard-analyzer
A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages
dyff
/ˈdʏf/ - diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON
jpegoptim
jpegoptim - utility to optimize/compress JPEG files
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
transcrypt
transparently encrypt files within a git repository
php-code-sniffer
PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards
ProfileCreator
macOS app to create standard or customized configuration profiles
massren
massren - easily rename multiple files using your text editor
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 standardebooks — 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.
standardebooks 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.