Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Motd.sh – dynamic message of the day ~/.motd generator for Mac/Linux launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shlack▲75

   Whoa, a bash shell inside Slack!

   2016 · shell.playplay.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   StackStorm▲90

   Event driven operations - 'IFTTT for IT ops'

   2015 · stackstorm.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   DeckHub▲221

   A TweetDeck style desktop client for GitHub.

   2016 · getdeckhub.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Rainbow Stream▲83

   A colorful twitter client for command line lovers

   2014 · iranholocaust.org · its alternatives →

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   Glorium▲83

   A contextual filler text generator for Mac

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Nodeterm▲130

   A node-based free open source terminal manager

   Aug 2026 · nodeterm.dev · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Todour▲4

   A fast Todo.txt client

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9CA
   Crsh – A JavaScript based command line shell▲9

   2020 · crwi.uk · its alternatives →

10. 10AN
    A Node.js CLI tool to generate ai.txt, llms.txt, robots.txt, humans.txt▲7

    2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Twitter Cli▲4

    A command-line power tool for Twitter

    2015 · sferik.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12GO
    GnuCOBOL on Windows – From Compilation to HelloWorld▲8

    2017 · blog.brakmic.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    GitDo▲10

    A powerful GitHub productivity tool for iOS and OSX

    2016 · gitdo.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    A better command-line interface for Tailscale Taildrop▲5

    A better command-line interface for Tailscale Taildrop

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AR
    A Real-Time Meme Generator/Publishing service with Now.js▲8

    2011 · memecached.adityabhatt.org · its alternatives →

16. 16HA
    HastySite – A self-contained static site generator▲6

    A minimalist but powerful static site generator

    2017 · hastysite.h3rald.com · its alternatives →

17. 17PA
    Ply – a dynamic tracer for Linux▲7

    2017 · wkz.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18BR
    Beta release of open-source alerts platform for developers▲5

    2023 · emitbase.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19LA
    Lightmod, an all-in-one tool for full stack Clojure▲7

    2017 · sekao.net · its alternatives →

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    Webmesh - A fully open-source Tailscale alternative▲7

    A simple, distributed, zero-configuration WireGuard mesh solution - webmeshproj/webmesh

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AO
    An Online Unix Simulator▲8

    2015 · uberty.co · its alternatives →

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    The Linux Command Line▲6

    A Complete Introduction

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23FR
    Feature rich messaging app for the terminal▲5

    2020 · zelta.gq · its alternatives →

24. 24LP
    Log Periodic – .bash_history, htop, and tail -f for the cloud▲9

    2017 · logperiodic.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 →