AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to hey-cli

Your terminal buddy that turns English into runable scripts.

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

1
Hey!▲367
AI-powered pair programming friend
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
Cosine CLI▲334
AI pair programming directly in your terminal
2025 · cosine.sh · its alternatives →
3
HeyCli▲18
Your AI buddy for daily tasks
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
nlsh▲220
talk to your terminal in natural language
Jan 2026 · nlsh.dev · its alternatives →
5
Kane CLI▲445
Natural language browser & mobile app tests from terminal
Aug 2026 · testmuai.com · its alternatives →
6
Medium CLI▲244
A command line Interface for reading Medium stories
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
GitHub CLI▲408
GitHub’s official free and open source command line tool
2020 · cli.github.com · its alternatives →
8
Heynds▲125
Hey everyone, I'm excited to share Heynds, a new desktop app for macOS and Windows (Linux coming soon!) that combines voice dictation with a powerful AI writing assistant to significantly boost your productivity. First and foremost, I know that many solutions like this already exist, but I needed my own, something faster than all the others, that both integrates speech-to-text and a writing assistant in an all-in-one app. The core idea is to let you work much faster by: * Voice-to-Text: Speak naturally, and Heynds transcribes your words into perfectly formatted text in real-time. Think of it…
2025 · heynds.com · its alternatives →
9
How▲8
how: terminal assistant generating accurate shell commands
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
Kuulto▲116
Use /ai to organize files, convert image formats, and more
Jan 2026 · kuulto.app · its alternatives →
11
Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line▲158
Blog post: https://guywaldman.com/posts/introducing-magic-cli
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Hey Siri▲260
Commands you can use on your iOS and macOS Devices
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Get answers for shell commands from GPT3 from your terminal▲159
I was constantly googling CLI commands so I built this small CLI tool with GPT3. You can ask for shell commands right from the CLI. You'd need to use your own API KEY for this but it's pretty simple, instructions are in the README Not perfect but not bad either.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Clide ▲93
Grid-layout terminal with an AI that drives your shells.
Apr 2026 · clide.app · its alternatives →
15
Grok CLI (Unofficial)▲149
Bring the power of Grok into your terminal
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Hey! Notifications for CLI▲3
A CLI tool to be notified when a process is done
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
cli-typer▲100
Practice touch typing in the command line
2018 · its alternatives →
18
Box CLI▲97
An open source command line interface from Box
2017 · developer.box.com · its alternatives →
19
Talk2Term▲14
Convert English into shell commands with AI
2025 · talk2term.prodevs.in · its alternatives →
20
HeyCLI▲4
Command line terminal in natural language
2023 · heycli.com · its alternatives →
21
AI CLI▲17
ai tool sends your requests to a local LLM and executes directly returned actions in your shell. Source is single C file - vkataev/ai-cli
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
Lightweight time-management CLI tool▲72
Lightweight time management CLI tool . Contribute to liviu-/ding development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
Billy.sh▲81
Local AI coding assistant for your terminal using Ollama
Mar 2026 · billysh.online · its alternatives →
24
A command-line utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript▲68
Command-line utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript. - GitHub - ddopson/underscore-cli at hn
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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