Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Enhanced GNU Awk launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AE
   An eBook with hundreds of GNU Awk one-liners▲539

   Hi, I recently published my ebook on GNU awk one-liners [1]. It starts from the basics of awk syntax and then discusses one-liner examples. There's a chapter on regular expressions as well. The github repo has the details on how to get the PDF version, all the example files and code snippets used in the book, sample chapters as well the markdown source used to generate the PDF. I made all my ebooks [2] free last month amidst the pandemic fears. These include GNU grep & ripgrep, GNU sed and three books on regular expressions (Python, Ruby, JavaScript). I'd appreciate your feedback and hope…

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   GNU Emacs▲8

   An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor and more

   2016 · gnu.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   MarkRight▲84

   A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GNU Indent – CLI code formatting▲5

   2022 · gnu.org · its alternatives →

5. 5GO
   GnuCOBOL on Windows – From Compilation to HelloWorld▲8

   2017 · blog.brakmic.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GNU Bash Manual (Pandoc Markdown)▲9

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7BN
   Budding new file format▲8

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Openemacs – a tiny emacs clone, ≤ 1024 LOC (C), based on kilo (BSD)▲8

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Ikkekernel – The Fork of Linux▲7

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10WA
    Wish - A command line enhancement for Windows (Kickstarter)▲7

    2012 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

11. 11IO
    Improving on the Command-Line SQL Experience▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CA
    Crsh – A JavaScript based command line shell▲9

    2020 · crwi.uk · its alternatives →

13. 13XR
    Xref-runner for Erlang▲7

    2015 · inaka.net · its alternatives →

14. 14DA
    Diffboard, a pastebin alternative with diffs▲5

    2012 · diffboard.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Linux Command Line▲6

    A Complete Introduction

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AA
    Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8

    2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →

17. 17AO
    An Online Unix Simulator▲8

    2015 · uberty.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lightweight format for small configuration files. (C)▲6

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AN
    A Node.js CLI tool to generate ai.txt, llms.txt, robots.txt, humans.txt▲7

    2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SI
    Small in-browser editor for ZIP and OLE archives▲8

    2017 · sheetjs.com · its alternatives →

21. 21PA
    Philip2 – an Elm-to-OCaml compiler▲8

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AL
    A LESS compiler for all platforms▲9

    2011 · wearekiss.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Atom IDE▲7

    Improved language integration

    2017 · github.blog · its alternatives →

24. 24UU
    Universal Underlined Text Generator▲5

    2019 · beautifuldingbats.com · its alternatives →

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