Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Environment Switcher

Switch environments without changing the URL path

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Soft▲2
Switch environments in one click. Path preserved.
Apr 2026 · withsoft.dev · its alternatives →
2
Switch 1.0▲223
Your browser, but more productive
2021 · its alternatives →
3
Freshenv▲77
Provision and manage local developer environments.
2022 · its alternatives →
4
Switchr▲240
Easily switch between App Store countries.
2017 · switchr.imagility.io · its alternatives →
5
Gallery▲133
Environments per-pull-request, on your own cloud
2021 · its alternatives →
6
TrackChanges▲110
Share what you've changed
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
7
Chrome™ Extensions Manager (aka Switcher)▲82
Enable, disable, uninstall extensions quickly & easily
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
8
API Switch▲95
Learn API dev while texting
2024 · its alternatives →
9
Tab Switcher▲107
Fast switching between tabs & windows (Safari & Chrome)
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Flox 1.0 – Open-source dev env as code with Nix▲382
Hey HN, I'm Ron Efroni, CEO at Flox, and today we are releasing version 1.0 of our open source CLI, helping folks manage development environments everywhere.My own experience with development environments began with air-gapped systems, having to actually burn software to a CD to iterate over a very slow and expensive development cycle, sometimes reaching the server rack and realizing I have the wrong disk.... Fast forward to today and there are countless alternatives available backed by incredible compute resources, yet we somehow still find ourselves paying the price of long development…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Run SSH and HTTP(S) on the same port▲165
Run SSH and HTTP(S) on the same port. Contribute to jamescun/switcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Switch Browser▲113
macOS extension to view current page in a different browser
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Know Your Environment▲3
Never test in the wrong environment again.
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
14
Switch for macOS▲174
Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your mac apps faster.
2021 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
15
Contexts▲62
Radically simpler & faster window switcher
2021 · contexts.co · its alternatives →
16
SwitchHosts▲83
Free and open source hosts management & switching app
2018 · oldj.github.io · its alternatives →
17
Switch▲135
Keyboard-driven commands to navigate your apps faster
2019 · get-switch.app · its alternatives →
18
Switch Git Users CLI▲140
Switch git user and email with ease. Contribute to geongeorge/Git-User-Switch development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Thinkerer Tab Switcher▲131
A visual tab switcher for Chrome
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
20
Dev Task Tracker▲110
Track your tasks without switching tabs
2024 · its alternatives →
21
DevSwitcher2▲6
Efficient and elegant macOS window switching tool
2025 · rivermao.com · its alternatives →
22
Dev Links▲110
All links a developer would need
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
23
Fader▲90
Minimize windows when you switch apps automatically
Apr 2026 · eythor.com · its alternatives →
24
Staging App▲78
Manage your staging environments right from Slack
2021 · staging-envs.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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