Alternatives

Products that do what Choose – An alternative to cut and sometimes awk does

1. 1HA
   Hck – a fast and flexible cut-like tool▲151

   2021 · github.com

2. 2CA
   Choose a Word▲40

   2019 · chooseaword.com

3. 3AA
   Able – an alternative to Medium▲248

   2019 · able.bio

4. 4PE
   Pick – Eliminate the Pain of Scheduling▲10

   2015 · pick.co

5. 5RE
   Retool: Excel-like, with higher order primitives▲190

   2017 · retool.in

6. 6
   This OR That▲113

   When you can't decide, this or that.

   2016

7. 7SA
   Sundown – an alternative to Markdown▲121

   2017 · seyedi.org

8. 8WA
   Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)▲133

   2017 · github.com

9. 9GA
   Gravle – A bot that helps you choose▲6

   2020 · gravle.com

10. 10AI
    An interactive introduction to Awk▲40

    2021 · n8ta.com

11. 11PA
    Pick: a Python library to create interactive selection list in terminal▲9

    2016 · github.com

12. 12SA
    SAN – a Safe and Nice TOML/YAML Alternative▲45

    2018 · astrocorp.net

13. 13SA
    Simple app to break up larger decisions into many pairwise comparisons▲8

    2020 · antgoldbloom.github.io

14. 14TA
    Treenee, a simple “decision tree” engine▲12

    2020 · github.com

15. 15CS
    CSS selector generator for shortest, unique, robust selectors▲29

    2018 · github.com

16. 16TA
    Task – A task runner / simpler Make alternative written in Go▲13

    2018 · github.com

17. 17AM
    A make-like build utility based on Lua▲16

    2017 · github.com

18. 18AT
    Automated thoughtfulness - forget about forgetting▲10

    2013 · thotfully.com

19. 19PC
    Pick – Cmd line tool to interactively pick items from stdin to stdout▲12

    2015 · github.com

20. 20UL
    Untree: like gron but generalised on indentation▲9

    2024 · github.com

21. 21RH
    Ransphire – Helps you choose better▲17

    2015 · ransphire.com

22. 22IM
    I made a free alternative to Splitwise, without input limits▲7

    2024 · letsplit.com

23. 23IH
    I have created an alternative for Miro▲9

    Hey HN This project took almost two years and is probably one the best alternatives for tools like Miro and MindMeister Let me know what you think

    Nov 2025 · nodeland.io

24. 24AC
    A command line tool that aims to replace It'sLearning▲13

    2014 · github.com

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