Alternatives to zlib-ng-compat
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. zlib-ng-compat itself: install zlib-ng-compat.
hey
HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
git-filter-repo
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
sentencepiece
Unsupervised text tokenizer for Neural Network-based text generation
AutoSubs
On-device subtitle generation that connects directly to DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, and After Effects
Boostnote.Next
Boost Note is a document driven project management tool that maximizes remote DevOps team velocity
jet
Type safe SQL builder with code generation and automatic query result data mapping
smap
a drop-in replacement for Nmap powered by shodan.io
inih
Simple .INI file parser in C, good for embedded systems
concurrencykit
Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, des
fastmod
A fast partial replacement for the codemod tool. Assists with large-scale codebase refactors via regex-based find and replace with human oversight and
rtaudio
A set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime audio input/output across Linux (native ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio and OSS), Macintosh OS X (C
Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
procyon-decompiler
Procyon is a suite of Java metaprogramming tools, including a rich reflection API, a LINQ-inspired expression tree API for runtime code generation, an
memtier_benchmark
NoSQL Redis and Memcache traffic generation and benchmarking tool
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
rust
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software
typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output
openai-whisper
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
neovim
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
nvm
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
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 zlib-ng-compat — 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.
zlib-ng-compat 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.