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24 alternatives to how2

Stack Overflow from the terminal

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. how2 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   StackIt▲77

   StackOverflow queried from your command line

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   how2 – stackoverflow.com from the terminal▲272

   AI for the Command Line. Contribute to santinic/how2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Stack Overflow Documentation▲227

   A crowdsourced developer documentation

   2016 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   iTerm2▲143

   Mac OS Terminal Replacement

   2014 · iterm2.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Stack Overflow on Mobile▲211

   Q&A for software engineering problems

   2017 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Posts 2.0▲240

   Glorious paragraph creator from Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   ask-stack▲72

   Get answers from Stack Overflow directly in the Atom editor

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Maker Wiki▲138

   Stack Overflow for NoCode

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Omniref▲144

   Stackoverflow for Github

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    TermHere▲147

    “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

    2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Terminal.com ▲63

    Terminal.com Enterprise Computing Environments

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cerebro▲247

    Search everything in a few clicks

    2017 · cerebroapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    howdoi▲11

    Instant coding answers via the command line

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    asciinema▲92

    Record, share and embed your terminal sessions the right way

    2015 · asciinema.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Huginn▲93

    IFTTT + Yahoo! Pipes, open source and self-hosted

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Stack Overflow Developer Story▲210

    Show off what you've built

    2016 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Medium CLI▲244

    A command line Interface for reading Medium stories

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Todo for hackers▲101

    CLI Todo app for hackers

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Scribbleton▲101

    You personal Wiki

    2014 · scribbleton.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Screen Flow▲116

    Screen recording and editing for Mac

    2014 · telestream.net · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Waffle▲84

    Your github workflow open sourced.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Crunch 2!▲72

    Write what you want. Save what you need.

    2016 · getcrunch.co · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →