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24 alternatives to Blitz CLI

Check your favourite movie seat from your terminal

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Blitz CLI launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal▲348

   Hi HN I built CineCLI — a cross-platform terminal app to browse movies, view details, and open torrents directly in your system torrent client. Features: - Search movies from the terminal - Rich UI with ratings, runtime, genres - Interactive & non-interactive modes - Magnet handling via system default client - Linux/macOS/Windows support - No ads, no tracking GitHub: https://github.com/eyeblech/cinecli PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/cinecli/ Would love feedback from terminal + Python folks

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   SaveHollywood▲92

   Play movies as your screen saver

   2016 · s.sudre.free.fr · its alternatives →

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   Medium CLI▲244

   A command line Interface for reading Medium stories

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Showtimes▲95

   Easiest way to view nearby movie showtimes

   2015 · showtimes.doub.co · its alternatives →

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   Flee▲84

   Check your lists with a scroll from the top of your screen

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Movieo▲194

   A place for discovering movies

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Stremio▲138

   Watch and organize your favorite Movies, TV shows and Video

   2015 · stremio.com · its alternatives →

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   TermHere▲147

   “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

   2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

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   Hubbos▲205

   Find your next movie here

   2016 · hubbos.com · its alternatives →

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    Screen Flow▲116

    Screen recording and editing for Mac

    2014 · telestream.net · its alternatives →

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    Capto▲179

    A powerful new screen recorder and editor

    2016 · globaldelight.com · its alternatives →

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    Hot Shots▲120

    A Dribbble screensaver

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Aurous▲85

    Popcorn Time for music

    2015 · aurous.me · its alternatives →

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    Speak for Windows▲89

    The easiest audio, video and screenshare - built for teams

    2015 · tommoor.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacker News-cli▲82

    Browse Hacker News from your Terminal

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TechCrunch CLI▲113

    A command line Interface for reading TechCrunch articles

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Todo for hackers▲101

    CLI Todo app for hackers

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    RunPee▲97

    Because movie theaters don't have pause buttons.

    2014 · runpee.com · its alternatives →

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    Atom▲107

    The easiest way to go to the movies

    2016 · atomtickets.com · its alternatives →

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    WriteRoom▲67

    Distraction Free Writing

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    MOVIST▲106

    Your personal movie list

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Doneliner▲69

    Instant movie line playback

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Plot for Movies▲113

    Discover, plan, and share the movies you watch.

    2014 · habitationofhope.org.uk · its alternatives →

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    Terminal▲87

    Virtual computers that start, resize, and scale in seconds

    2014 · its alternatives →

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