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24 alternatives to Eg

Useful examples at the command line

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Eg launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Commandline Challenge▲182

   Test your command line skills

   2017 · cmdchallenge.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Codecademy's Learn the Command Line▲199

   Learn how to control your computer with the command line!

   2015 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Command Line Power User▲15

   A free video series on learning the modern command line

   2015 · commandlinepoweruser.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   NerdyData▲93

   A Search Engine for Source Code

   2014 · nerdydata.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SE eBook▲152

   SE eBook

   2014 · gumroad.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Betty▲78

   Natural language input for the command line

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Onword▲158

   Just Write

   2014 · onword.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous▲61

   A short introduction to the Unix command line

   2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Content Snippets ▲106

    Copy examples from websites to inspire writing professionals

    2014 · contentsnippets.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Falcon▲150

    Writing notes made simple

    2016 · falcon.star-lord.me · its alternatives →

12. 12
    One Thing Well▲95

    A weblog about simple, useful software

    2014 · onethingwell.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Eidetic▲101

    Remember anything

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    terminal.training▲21

    Command line for non-techies

    2017 · terminal.training · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GoPyng▲84

    A bulletin board of requests for help

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Quotery▲75

    The Encyclopedia of Quips, Quotes & Proverbs

    2014 · quotery.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Chrome Experiments▲137

    Showcase of web experiments written by creative coders

    2015 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    cmd.to▲97

    A command line interface for the web

    2015 · cmd.to · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Todo▲95

    A simple command line todo list manager

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Terminal.com ▲63

    Terminal.com Enterprise Computing Environments

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    jrnl▲90

    Collect your thoughts without leaving the command line

    2014 · maebert.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Genius▲56

    Annotate the world

    2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Allclasses▲60

    Search engine for online AND local classes

    2014 · allclasses.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Developer Handbook▲80

    Online handbook for the software engineering community

    2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →

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