Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Working The Command Line

Don’t fear the terminal. No, really.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Working The Command Line launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   terminal.training▲21

   Command line for non-techies

   2017 · terminal.training · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous▲61

   A short introduction to the Unix command line

   2015 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TermHere▲147

   “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

   2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Commandline Challenge▲182

   Test your command line skills

   2017 · cmdchallenge.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Fuck▲108

   Automatically corrects your command line mistakes

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Mac CLi▲226

   OS X command line tools for developers

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Ten Hands▲71

   One place to run your command line tasks

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wunderline▲130

   Get stuff done with Wunderlist and your command line.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   hacker▲7

   Hacker News in the Command Line.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Codecademy's Learn the Command Line▲199

    Learn how to control your computer with the command line!

    2015 · codecademy.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Taskbook▲229

    Like Trello but for the Terminal

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Do for Mac▲123

    Run productive meetings

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hello Tech Pros: Hacking for Fun and Proft▲66

    But mostly for fun

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

14. 14MT
    Memorize Terminal Commands▲166

    2019 · memorize-terminal-commands.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Quip for Mac & Windows▲226

    The modern productivity suite designed for teams

    2015 · quip.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Terminal.com ▲63

    Terminal.com Enterprise Computing Environments

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Command Line Productivity▲131

    A Pomodoro meets GTD productivity pack for Alfred

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    CodePicnic CLI▲137

    Remote development environments right from your terminal

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    null▲61

    null

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Terminal▲87

    Virtual computers that start, resize, and scale in seconds

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Jump Start Git▲63

    The most useful dev tasks you haven't mastered yet.

    2015 · sitepoint.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Nix▲82

    The purely functional package manager

    2016 · nixos.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hello Tech Pros: GitHub Pages as your project CMS▲61

    Jim Kohl on Productivity

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Slack Gitsin▲115

    A beautiful Slack command line interface

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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