Dev tools · 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. Netcat-based command line pastebin launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1TN
   Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps▲195

   2017 · termipal.sh · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Termtosvg – Record terminal sessions as SVG animations▲767

   Record terminal sessions as SVG animations. Contribute to nbedos/termtosvg development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   termsend▲1

   pastebin directly from terminal with netcat/socat

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AC
   Available .com's in /usr/share/dict/words▲43

   Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

   2014 · pastebin.com · its alternatives →

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   Openbin▲138

   Code and notes sharing built for command line warriors

   2023 · its alternatives →

6. 6TY
   Termius (YC W19) – Share your terminal session like Google Docs▲30

   Hi everybody, I’m Roman from Termius (YC W19, HN launch https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20118727). I want to share news about a new exciting feature that we wanted to build for a long time. It’s Terminal Sharing. Terminal Sharing enables engineers to get instant help from their colleagues by providing a link to their terminal output updated in real-time. There is also a mode where the viewer can enter commands from their end. When I was getting into programming, some of my biggest problems were: compilation errors or not being able to set up something on a Linux server.…

   2021 · its alternatives →

7. 7SP
   Seashells – Pipe output from CLI apps to the web in real time▲356

   2017 · seashells.io · its alternatives →

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   TermBar▲199

   Your terminal in your Mac menubar

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Claudebin▲258

   Hi HN, We use Claude Code a lot, and after a long session there isn't a simple way to share exactly what happened with someone else. Prompts, responses, file edits, and tool calls all stay inside the terminal. We built Claudebin to make that easier. It's a plugin that lets you export the current session as a URL containing: - the full message thread - file reads and writes - bash commands - web and MCP calls You can send the link to someone, attach it to a PR, embed part of it, or resume the session locally. It's open source. GitHub:…

   Feb 2026 · claudebin.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Share one-liner command snippets▲145

    2018 · snippets.shodan.io · its alternatives →

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    Termpage▲111

    Build a webpage that behaves like a terminal

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12TL
    Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks▲69

    2016 · termbox.io · its alternatives →

13. 13CC
    Codr.cc - Etherpad meets Pastebin Meets Notepad.cc: live code sharing▲135

    2011 · codr.cc · its alternatives →

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    Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow▲261

    I got tired of open file.docx → wait 8 seconds → close Word just to read a document, so I built a terminal-native Word viewer! What it does: * View `.docx` files directly in your terminal with (mostly) proper formatting * Tables actually look like tables (with Unicode borders!) * Nested lists work correctly with indentation * Full-text search with highlighting * Copy content straight to clipboard with `c` * Export to markdown/CSV/JSON Why I made this: Working on servers over SSH, I constantly hit Word docs I needed to check quickly. The existing solutions I'm aware of either strip…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Termdock▲111

    Terminal-centric AI development environment

    Nov 2025 · termdock.com · its alternatives →

16. 16WD
    What do you think of this short End User Licensing Agreement?▲14

    Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

    2013 · pastebin.com · its alternatives →

17. 17TR
    Termtosvg – record terminal sessions as SVG animations▲15

    2018 · nbedos.github.io · its alternatives →

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    CLI plain-text notes & bookmarks with Git, sync, encryption, and more▲240

    CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script. - xwmx/nb

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TextBin▲122

    Open Source alternative to PasteBin

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A game engine for the terminal in Go▲109

    Terminal-based game engine for Go, built on top of Termbox - JoelOtter/termloop

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pastes.io▲71

    Simple and efficient pastebin for code

    2022 · pastes.io · its alternatives →

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    Termplay: Play videos in your terminal▲101

    GitLab: https://gitlab.com/jD91mZM2/termplay. Contribute to jD91mZM2/termplay development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TermDOM – HTML, CSS and JavaScript (With a Real DOM) for TUIs and CLIs▲18

    TermDOM renders a real DOM styled with real CSS to terminal cells. You build a document with createElement or innerHTML, or any frontend web framework, and it automatically produces colored ANSI output, with browser-style layout, text wrapping and flexbox included. The library can also be used to translate HTML to static ANSI. Full disclaimer: This project was started a year ago and written entirely by Claude. I mainly provided QA and words of encouragement (yelling).

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CommandFor▲112

    Pinterest for CLI Commands

    2024 · thecommandfor.com · its alternatives →

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