Alternatives to vhs
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. vhs itself: install vhs.
gyb
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yt-dlp
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thefuck
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k9s
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posting
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aicommits
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AndroidTool
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gitlogue
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hstr
Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history
tmpmail
A temporary email right from your terminal written in POSIX sh
atac
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teller
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z.lua
:zap: A new cd command that helps you navigate faster by learning your habits
bagels
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git-split-diffs
Syntax highlighted side-by-side diffs in your terminal
betty
Friendly English-like interface for your command line. Don't remember a command? Ask Betty
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
astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
recoverpy
Interactively find and recover deleted or :point_right: overwritten :point_left: files from your terminal
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
t-rec
Blazingly fast terminal recorder that generates animated gif images for the web written in rust
dnsglobe
Global DNS propagation checker TUI — watch a DNS record propagate across 34 public resolvers worldwide, on a world map in your terminal
brew-php-switcher
Brew PHP switcher is a simple shell script to switch your apache and CLI quickly between major versions of PHP. If you support multiple products/proje
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 vhs — 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.
vhs 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.