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24 alternatives to sttr

A cli app to perform various operations on string

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. sttr launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Replacestr▲2

   Replace all occurrences of a string in your files using CLI

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2EI
   Edtr.io – Intuitive web editor, open source and fully adaptable▲234

   2020 · edtr.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bearer CLI▲174

   Free & open source security scanner for developers

   2023 · cycode.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Smart pointers for the C programming language▲126

   Smart pointers for the (GNU) C programming language - Snaipe/libcsptr

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Structopt for C++ – Parse command line arguments by defining a struct▲85

   Parse command line arguments by defining a struct. Contribute to p-ranav/structopt development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Strings▲175

   In-app copy editing for UX writers and product teams

   2020 · its alternatives →

7. 7SA
   Strukt – a visual shell for tabular data▲191

   2017 · freerobotcollective.com · its alternatives →

8. 8SP
   Seashells – Pipe output from CLI apps to the web in real time▲356

   2017 · seashells.io · its alternatives →

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   st – simple statistics from the command line▲73

   simple statistics from the command line. Contribute to nferraz/st development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fltrdr – A TUI Text Reader for the Terminal▲78

    A TUI text reader for the terminal. Contribute to octobanana/fltrdr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HP
    High Performance Simple String Processing in C++▲16

    C++ String Toolkit Library (StrTk)

    2018 · partow.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Run – a CLI universal code runner I built while learning Rust▲96

    Hi HN — I’m learning Rust and decided to build a universal CLI for running code in many languages. The tool, Run, aims to be a single, minimal dependency utility for: running one-off snippets (from CLI flags), running files, reading and executing piped stdin, and providing language-specific REPLs that you can switch between interactively. I designed it to support both interpreted languages (Python, JS, Ruby, etc.) and compiled languages (Rust, Go, C/C++). It detects languages from flags or file extensions, can compile temporary files for compiled languages, and exposes a unified REPL…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Edtr.io▲133

    Intuitive WYSIWYG web editor, open source & fully adaptable.

    2020 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Cluttr – A local first utility to make images searchable using Ollama▲11

    2024 · cluttr.ai · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Strans – Sed alternative that automatically learns from examples▲158

    Performs string manipulation tasks by learning from the provided example(s), instead of having to program them out explicitly. - Inventitech/strans

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    snippet.run▲149

    Run your code, from the cloud on your computer

    2024 · snippet.run · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Pythonpy – the swiss army knife of the command line▲220

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    cli-typer▲100

    Practice touch typing in the command line

    2018 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    W++ – A Python-style scripting language for .NET with NuGet support▲98

    Hey HN I’ve been building *W++*, a scripting language that looks like Python but runs on the .NET runtime. It started as a fun side project, but it evolved into something surprisingly powerful — and potentially useful: Key Features: - Python-style syntax with semicolon-based simplicity - Compiles to .NET IL with experimental JIT support - Can run interpreted or compiled - Built-in CLI for managing projects, running, and building - Supports importing NuGet packages and converts them to .ingot modules automatically - MIT licensed and fully open-source You can even do things like: wpp import…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Docstring▲92

    A simple way to write, maintain, and share documentation

    2021 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wsta – a CLI for working with WebSockets written in Rust▲85

    A CLI development tool for WebSocket APIs. Contribute to eliihen/wsta development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rich-CLI – A CLI toolbox for highlighting, Markdown, JSON and rich text▲126

    Rich-cli is a command line toolbox for fancy output in the terminal - Textualize/rich-cli

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Interactive exercises for Linux CLI text processing commands▲69

    Last month, I started learning a Python TUI framework called Textual. After working on a 4x4 board game, I made an interactive app to test your CLI text processing skills with 40 beginner to intermediate level exercises. The app is fairly basic in terms of features — only single input file, so no stdin data, multiple files, etc. Most of the exercises in this app is based on my Computing from the Command Line ebook (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/preface.html). I hope to improve the TUI app to support all the 200+ exercises sometime next year.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LocalizApp▲75

    Localizable strings manager for your iOS and macOS App

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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