Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to mdi-cli

Generate material design icons 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. mdi-cli launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   DALL·E Cli▲111

   Image generation, editing & filters from the command line

   2023 · ivanojanguren.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Google Workspace CLI▲395

   CLI for Google Workspace ecosystem built for humans & agents

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line▲158

   Blog post: https://guywaldman.com/posts/introducing-magic-cli

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Flexible command line tool to create graphs from CSV data▲95

   Flexible command line tool to create graphs from CSV data - mcastorina/graph-cli

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Advanced CLI 3D Modeling Studio▲83

   3D scene editor in your command line

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

6. 6
   Python package and CLI to generate stylistic word clouds▲112

   Python package + CLI to generate stylistic wordclouds, including gradients and icon shapes! - minimaxir/stylecloud

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   shadcn CLI 3.0 and MCP Server▲414

   One command line to add UI components to your project

   2025 · ui.shadcn.com · its alternatives →

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   Mac CLi▲226

   OS X command line tools for developers

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   m-cli▲153

   Swiss command line army knife for Mac OS X

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    MiniMax CLI▲145

    Give your AI agents native multimodal capabilities

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MDI Search▲4

    Find material design icons quickly

    2019 · mdisearch.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Medium CLI▲244

    A command line Interface for reading Medium stories

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Design.MD▲111

    Feels a bit like Figma, but for coding agents. Instead of going back and forth with prompts, you give the agent a DESIGN.md that defines the design system up front, and it generally sticks to it when generating UI. Google Stitch seems to be moving in this direction as a standard, so we put together a small collection of DESIGN.md files based on popular web sites.

    Apr 2026 · getdesign.md · its alternatives →

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    Freeze▲118

    Generate images of code and terminal output

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Material Design Icons▲293

    750 Free open-source glyphs by Google

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Figma-use – CLI to control Figma for AI agents▲115

    I'm Dan, and I built a CLI that lets AI agents design in Figma. What it does: 100 commands to create shapes, text, frames, components, modify styles, export assets. JSX importing that's ~100x faster than any plugin API import. Works with any LLM coding assistant. Why I built it: The official Figma MCP server can only read files. I wanted AI to actually design — create buttons, build layouts, generate entire component systems. Existing solutions were either read-only or required verbose JSON schemas that burn through tokens. Demo (45 sec): https://youtu.be/9eSYVZRle7o Tech…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blockchain CLI▲98

    A minimal blockchain command-line interface.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MD+HTML Reader▲117

    Review AI-generated Markdown and HTML in a focused workspace

    Jun 2026 · mdhtmlreader.com · its alternatives →

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    File-Creator CLI▲5

    A simple Command Line application.

    2018 · github.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 →

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    cli-typer▲100

    Practice touch typing in the command line

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Design.md Generator▲11

    May 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Box CLI▲97

    An open source command line interface from Box

    2017 · developer.box.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a CLI tool that turns pixels into emojis▲105

    Takes a folder of images (as a palette), and an image, and figures out how to tile the palette to resemble the image! - ahhhh6980/Mosaic

    2022 · github.com · 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 →