Alternatives

Products that do what Tip – use ctrl and w to rapid delete in terminal / shell does

hours of life saved :)

1. 1MT
   Memorize Terminal Commands▲166

   2019 · memorize-terminal-commands.com

2. 2
   The Fuck▲108

   Automatically corrects your command line mistakes

   2015

3. 3
   Turbo Delete▲147

   Blazing fast alternative to Windows delete

   2022

4. 4AY
   Alert yourself after a long-running task in terminal▲86

   2021 · gist.github.com

5. 5BS
   Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros▲219

   2016 · blink.sh

6. 6QC
   Quick Command-line File Completion▲38

   2015 · pindexis.github.io

7. 7SA
   Stash, an evernote for command line▲70

   2014 · trystash.com

8. 8
   Rem▲83

   CLI trash that makes it ridiculously easy to recover files.

   2021

9. 9BM
   Bashcached – memcached built on bash and ncat▲84

   2016 · github.com

10. 10
    Destroyer.io▲100

    The easiest way to destroy your hard drive.

    2014

11. 11TA
    termwm: A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal▲66

    2018 · gitlab.com

12. 12DW
    Delete with your Macbook Pro's power key▲25

    2013 · pkamb.github.io

13. 13CN
    Cloud Nuke-Safely delete AWS resources in 3 clicks▲21

    2020 · cloudnuke.io

14. 14AC
    A "Cram tests" script for windows shells▲6

    It's quite limited but does the job, I invite anybody not aware of what cram tests are to give them a try, being on Unix with the original cram or Windows with this one ;)

    Nov 2025 · github.com

15. 15ST
    Simple terminal UI for cleaning macOS▲5

    I made this because most cleanup tools don't show what they're deleting. This one lets you browse everything first and exclude what you want to keep. deletes go to Trash by default.

    Jan 2026 · github.com

16. 16BA
    Butler – a tool for people too lazy to remeber long shell commands▲5

    2015 · michaelallen.io

17. 17FL
    Free lunch Bash script; command history manager to optimize it▲6

    2022 · github.com

18. 18AS
    A script to easily remove “puts”, “console.log”, etc. from your code▲5

    2017 · github.com

19. 19UD
    Use Docker and Bash to avoid polluting your main OS▲8

    2019 · github.com

20. 20TA
    Term.app, a terminal + shell replacement for Mac▲15

    2013 · mehdi.is

21. 21DI
    Destroyer.io – The easiest way to destroy your hard drive▲10

    2014 · destroyer.io

22. 22SS
    Sandboxd – speed up your bash/zshrc by lazy-loading the slow bits▲13

    2016 · github.com

23. 23HS
    Howdy Stranger, a browser extension to delete locally stored data▲8

    2020 · damninteresting.com

24. 24DC
    De-clutter your VS Code experience▲5

    I built this tool a couple days ago to temporarily hide your prints & comments. I wanted to focus on the core logic without having to constantly delete/add prints and comments. Lmk if you like it ;)

    2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com

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