Alternatives to z.lua
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. z.lua itself: install z.lua.
autojump
A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
gyb
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Mac-CLI
macOS command line tool for developers – The ultimate tool to manage your Mac. It provides a huge set of command line commands that automatize the u
hstr
Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history
betty
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jump
Jump helps you navigate faster by learning your habits. ✌️
krane
A command-line tool that helps you ship changes to a Kubernetes namespace and understand the result
thefuck
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cheat
cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
ipatool
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aicommits
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xcodegen
A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project
no-more-secrets
A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers
immich-go
An alternative to the immich-CLI command that doesn't depend on nodejs installation. It tries its best for importing google photos takeout archives
youplot
A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal
teller
Cloud native secrets management for developers - never leave your command line for secrets
bagels
Powerful expense tracker that lives in your terminal
resty
Little command line REST client that you can use in pipelines (bash or zsh)
noseyparker
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astroterm
A planetarium for your terminal! Explore stars, planets, constellations, and more, all rendered right in the command line—no telescope required. ✨🪐
bat-extras
Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools
cf-terraforming
A command line utility to facilitate terraforming your existing Cloudflare resources
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
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 z.lua — 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.
z.lua 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.