Alternatives to yj
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. yj itself: install yj.
yq
yq is a portable command-line YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL and properties processor
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
Xcodes
The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click
pastel
A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors
bear
Generate compile_commands.json for any C or C++ build
signal-cli
signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger
dsq
Commandline tool for running SQL queries against JSON, CSV, Excel, Parquet, and more
xleak
A fast terminal Excel viewer with an interactive TUI. Features full-text search, formula display, lazy loading for large files, clipboard support, and
jp
dead simple terminal plots from JSON data. single binary, no dependencies. linux, osx, windows
generate-json-schema
🧞 Convert JSON Objects to MySQL, JSON Schema, Mongoose, Google BigQuery, Swagger, and more
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
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
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
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.
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
php
Installed with brew. Open source, with a documented one-command setup.
zoxide
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells
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 yj — 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.
yj 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.