Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to GitHub-codeview

managing source code directly from 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.

1. 1
   GitHub CLI▲408

   GitHub’s official free and open source command line tool

   2020 · cli.github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Codebuff▲268

   Better code generation than Cursor, from your CLI

   2024 · codebuff.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   CodeOpen▲88

   An easy way to open programming projects, from the CLI!

   2021 · codeopen.vercel.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mac CLi▲226

   OS X command line tools for developers

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   DEV CLI▲132

   Access dev.to right from your terminal

   2019 · teamxenox.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cosine CLI▲334

   AI pair programming directly in your terminal

   2025 · cosine.sh · its alternatives →

7. 7AP
   A plain-text file format for todos and check lists▲452

   After having cycled through various CLI-based todo apps, I started to realise that I actually don’t need a tool at all for managing my todos. Most of the time, my use cases are quite simple, like viewing my todo items, checking them off, or adding a new one. Rather than having to memorise CLI commands for these interactions (which I’m not super good at), I figured that it’s easier for me to use my text editor directly, and have an editor plugin help me with the visual structure and some convenience functionality. So, kind-of similar to Emacs Org Mode, but without having to use Emacs. I…

   2022 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Box CLI▲97

   An open source command line interface from Box

   2017 · developer.box.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Github Copilot CLI▲419

   Copilot's response to Claude Code and Codex CLI

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Stripe CLI▲269

    Build and test your Stripe integration from the terminal

    2019 · stripe.com · its alternatives →

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    Rich-CLI – A CLI toolbox for highlighting, Markdown, JSON and rich text▲126

    Rich-cli is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal - Textualize/rich-cli

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Fossa-cli – Fast and reliable dependency analysis for any codebase▲104

    Fast, portable and reliable dependency analysis for any codebase. Supports license & vulnerability scanning for large monoliths. Language-agnostic; integrates with 20+ build systems. - fossas/fossa-cli

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CLI for Toptal Developer Blogs▲73

    Command line interface to read developer and designer blogs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Cline CLI 2.0▲298

    Parallel agents & headless CI/CD in your terminal

    Feb 2026 · cline.bot · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Onboard-CLI, a LLM powered and AST-based tool to visualize codebase▲24

    Onboard-CLI—a blazing-fast developer tool I built in Go. It uses AST parsing (Tree-sitter) to map out codebase architecture and automatically blocks spaghetti code and bad dependencies locally before you even commit. I heavily optimized the concurrency, so it can parse 50k+ files in under 10 seconds.

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Coderrr▲96

    Open source CLI-first AI coding companion

    Jan 2026 · coderrr.aksn.lol · its alternatives →

17. 17
    CodeRoad▲65

    A way to view code based on dependencies analysis.

    2019 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    CodePicnic CLI▲137

    Remote development environments right from your terminal

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Codel▲87

    Your new programming helper is here

    2023 · rangerdevv.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Advanced CLI 3D Modeling Studio▲83

    3D scene editor in your command line

    2025 · 3dcli.netlify.app · its alternatives →

21. 21
    TechCrunch CLI▲113

    A command line Interface for reading TechCrunch articles

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Advent of Code CLI▲40

    A cli tool to automatically download and upload advent of code problems. - tobias-walle/advent-of-code-cli

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cli.club – Command Line Interface Tools and Alternatives▲47

    A collection of the best CLI/Ncurses software covering a wide range of categories from messaging, music, text editing and more.

    2024 · cli.club · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Blockchain CLI▲98

    A minimal blockchain command-line interface.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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