Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to OctoLens
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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2020 · grep.app · its alternatives →
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octoscope▲67Your GitHub profile as a live terminal dashboard
Apr 2026 · gfazioli.github.io · its alternatives →
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Wouldn't be nice to press (find-file) and instead of a file path, give it a GitHub URL, and then just browse the repo in Dired?
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · octobotapp.com · its alternatives →
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I have been working on Octelium for quite a few years now but it was open sourced only by late May 2025. Octelium, as described more in detail in the repo's README, is simply an open source, self-hosted, unified platform for zero trust resource access that is primarily meant to be a modern alternative to corporate VPNs and remote access tools. It can operate as a remote access/corporate VPN (i.e. alternative to Twingate, Tailscale, OpenVPN Access Server, etc...), a ZTNA/BeyondCorp platform (i.e. alterntive to Cloudflare Access, Teleport, Google BeyondCorp, etc...), and it can also…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BlazorOcticons▲184The easiest way to use GitHub Octicons in your Blazor apps
Dec 2025 · blazorocticons.net · its alternatives →
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I started this as a weekend project and posted it on HN 5 years ago. 300,000 users later, I just released v4 today. Octotree [1] gives GitHub a sidebar that improves file navigation and code/pull request review. Works on Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Any comment or feedback is appreciated. [1]: https://www.octotree.io/
2019 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I just released Octarchive, a simple tool to back up all repos on a GitHub/Gitea account to a local folder written in Go. If you're worried about loosing your FLOSS work, but are can't keep up with manually mirroring all the repositories, this might be the tool you're looking for. I'd love to get your feedback :)
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · gitorials.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I went to an ATProto meetup last week, and as a burnt-out semi-academic who hates academic publishing, I thought there might be a cool opportunity to build on Octopus (https://www.octopus.ac/), so I got a bit excited over the weekend and built Octosphere. Hopefully some of you find it interesting! Blog post here: https://andreasthinks.me/posts/octosphere/octosphere.html
Feb 2026 · octosphere.social · its alternatives →
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meer▲4Browse GitHub & GitLab repos on Windows. No Git needed.
May 2026 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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I built Octotree a while back [1]. It's an open-source browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari) that adds IDE-like tree view to GitHub. Due to popular request, GitLab is now also supported. Hopes you will find it useful. Link to install: https://github.com/buunguyen/octotree#install-on-chrome-firefox-and-opera. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7740226
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’ve been building [Octarine](https://octarine.app/) for a little over 2 years. It started because I wanted a note-taking app that was: - Lightweight (< 30MB, fast to launch, no Electron bloat). - Opinionated (good defaults, clean UI, not a plugin bazaar). - Yours (all plain Markdown, nothing proprietary). --- - Command bar (Cmd/Ctrl+K) to navigate and run commands quickly. - WYSIWYG editor (rich text without live preview jumping). - Git sync built-in — backups to GitHub/GitLab, no plugins. - Natural language dates (“yesterday”, “last week”). - Multiple…
2025 · octarine.app · its alternatives →
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Mass delete GitHub repos from your terminal
2025 · its alternatives →
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