Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to OpenBoot
Mac dev setup in 5 minutes, not 3 hours
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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InstallKit▲166Set up your new Mac in minutes, not hours.
Dec 2025 · installkit.app · its alternatives →
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🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable. - HeyPuter/puter
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Automate Mac dev environment setup in minutes, not hours.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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NO LONGER MAINTAINED. Contribute to seven1m/do-install-button development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This script will help with the quick setup and installation of tools and applications for new developers at Vendasta. - vendasta/setup-new-computer-script
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Every single day of my life since I started programming back in 2020 I open my projects through the terminal/ghostty. "cd path" + "code .". Until today I don't even know how to open vscode first then open a project from there. I usually have 3-4 vscode windows open at the same time, and I like them in separate desktops (for mac users). i gotta admit, i use 8 desktops, 3-4 for vscode, 1 for arc, 1 for docker, 1 for postman etc. So my daily routine when I turned on my mac was: (1) open ghostty; (2) cd-path+code.; (3) drag the vscode window to a desired desktop; (4) get back to the ghostty…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · open-source.now.sh · its alternatives →
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🚀✨ Help beginners to contribute to open source projects - firstcontributions/first-contributions
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Keystone▲125We kept hitting the same wall: you clone some arbitrary repo and just want it to run without any configuration work. So we built Keystone, an open source tool that spins up a Modal sandbox, runs Claude Code inside it, and produces a working .devcontainer/ config (Dockerfile, devcontainer.json, test runner) for any git repo. We build on the dev container standard, so the output works with VS Code and GitHub Codespaces out of the box. Main use cases: reproducible dev/CI environments, self-describing repos, and safely sandboxed coding agents. Our goal is to encourage all repos to…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub for Mac▲130The easiest way to use GitHub on Mac (new update)
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · noobs-term.com · its alternatives →
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Shell GPT▲62CLI tool for developers, helps you accomplish tasks faster
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Docker configuration for building Linux From Scratch system - reinterpretcat/lfs
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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