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24 alternatives to Send SMS to your number for free from shell

This tool lets users send SMS messages to their phone number directly from the command line shell at no cost. It's designed for developers and technical users who want to integrate text messaging into scripts or… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Send SMS to your number for free from shell launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Clerk SMS for Slack▲113
Bring the power of SMS to Slack
2022 · clerk.chat · its alternatives →
2
iMessage on Terminal▲103
send iMessages from your terminal and over ssh!
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
TextBelt▲59
Send text messages to any phone via Terminal!
2014 · textbelt.com · its alternatives →
4
Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line▲322
TerminalPhone is a single, self-contained Bash script that provides anonymous, end-to-end encrypted voice and text communication between two parties over the Tor network. It operates as a walkie-talkie: you record a voice message, and it is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted to the remote party as a single unit. You can also send encrypted text messages during a call. No server infrastructure, no accounts, no phone numbers. Your Tor hidden service .onion address is your identity.
Feb 2026 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
5
Chrome to Phone via SMS▲93
Nice Pushbullet alternative. Text yourself from Chrome.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
6
Console.text()▲93
SMS alerts for your code just like console.log()
Dec 2025 · soorajdmg.github.io · its alternatives →
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Receive SMS Online▲405
Your free, instant & disposable SMS solution
2023 · receive-smss.com · its alternatives →
8
I made a command-line iMessage interface▲130
send and receive iMessages in a terminal or over ssh - CamHenlin/imessageclient
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
9
Texted.io▲126
Send text blasts to groups, receive individual replies
2017 · texted.io · its alternatives →
10
Texts.Email▲83
No need to give your personal number to text your clients!
2020 · its alternatives →
11
Prompt▲259
The command line for the real world
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Send & Receive SMS▲9
Send and receive SMS messages for free with a US number
2025 · sandbox.httpsms.com · its alternatives →
13
Clerk Chat▲124
Enable SMS for your business through Slack
2020 · its alternatives →
14
SMS to Slack▲22
Two-way SMS messaging in your Slack channels
2024 · smstoslack.com · its alternatives →
15
Sheet 2 SMS▲87
Send SMS from your spreadsheet
2021 · its alternatives →
16
Falkon SMS▲59
Making business texting fun
2023 · app.falkonsms.com · its alternatives →
17
Textto▲144
Text from your computer for free
2018 · its alternatives →
18
FreeText▲72
Send and receive texts online without a phone number
2014 · its alternatives →
19
TextBlast Bulk SMS▲171
Send personalized mass messages easily
2019 · textblast.learn.uno · its alternatives →
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MessageBird API on StdLib▲165
Purchase numbers, send SMS and more with one line of code
2018 · stdlib.com · its alternatives →
21
Intercom via SMS▲92
Convert incoming customer texts into Intercom conversation
2018 · justcall.io · its alternatives →
22
Bitsms▲78
Send Bitcoin offline via SMS
2020 · bitsms.org · its alternatives →
23
Interact with the terminal in plain English using GPT-3▲90
Your wishes are my commands. Contribute to dylanjcastillo/shell-genie development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sendblue▲101
Programmatically send iMessage and SMS
2021 · its alternatives →

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