Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Zi
A Swiss Army Knife for Zsh unix Shell
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Zi launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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zsh configuration. Contribute to SixArm/zsh-config development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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🐚📊 Show off your most used shell commands. Contribute to irevenko/tsukae development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spaceship ZSH▲117Powerful, customizable Zsh prompt, your own spaceship 🚀
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built zli, a batteries-included CLI framework for Zig with a focus on DX and composability. Key features: - Typed flags with default values and help output - Rich formatting, and layout support - Command trees with isolated execution logic - It’s designed to feel good to use, not just to work. - Built for real-world CLI apps, not toy examples. Would love feedback, feature ideas, or thoughts from other Zig devs. repo here: https://github.com/xcaeser/zli
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turn Your fzf Into a Live REPL
2019 · paweldu.dev · its alternatives →
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Funky takes shell functions to the next level by making them easier to define, more flexible, and more interactive. - bbugyi200/funky
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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In the deep mists of time (circa 2012), I was playing with the Go standard library, and saw how easy it was to stand up a webserver that let you navigate a remote file system, and I thought it was pretty neat. I took a look at my shell history and a frequent pattern of commands was "cd, ls, cd, ls, ...". And I thought "I love my keyboard, but you know, point and click might be nice in this context." And then I thought, "It'd be even cooler if you could run commands there." Skip forward several years, a few earlier implementations, a name change, and now there's Hucksh(ell), a bash-like shell…
2023 · its alternatives →
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guish is a dynamic data pipeline UI that allows users to visually construct and execute complex command-line pipelines. It provides an intuitive interface for chaining together various Unix commands and custom plugins, making it easier to build and understand data processing workflows. It also features optional LLM support for updating pipelines with a natural language interface.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Shell scripts made simple 🐚. Contribute to tusharsadhwani/zxpy development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · pindexis.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, if you are a developer you will probably know the following situation: You are going to a certain project directory and then you are searching for this one command which was specific to this project or you just want to go through the last commands you typed into your shell while you were working in this directory. If you ever had this problem and are using Zsh, you should check out this zsh plugin I wrote: https://github.com/tymm/directory-history Let me know what you think!
2014 · its alternatives →
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I've built a tool called sol (like "soul") that helps you inspect and format complex shell one-liners. Features: - Choose which transformations you want (break on pipe, args, redirect, whatever) - "Peeks" into stringified commands (think xargs, parallel) and formats those, too - Auto-breaks at a given width (e.g., 80 characters) - Shows you non-standard aliases, functions, files, etc. that you might not have in your shell environment - Breaks up long jq lines with jqfmt because—let's be honest—they're getting out of hand As a security researcher and tool developer, I often encounter (or…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Smarter shell history for Zsh. Contribute to overflowy/zhist development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Manai is an AI-powered interactive command-line completion for Zsh. Use a hotkey to trigger it and ask anything about your work-in-progress command line. Honestly, I'm too lazy to read `man`, even `tldr` so I made this Zsh plugin to ask about options/parameters for the command I'm writing. I designed the behaviour to seamlessly integrate into workflows using the CLI. Please watch my video in the repository and try it if you are interested. Any feedback is welcomed :)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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`makedown` allows you to organise your shell scripts in one or several markdown files, by mix and matching different scripting languages for various commands and needs. zsh/bash/sh, python, javascript or anything else available on your system. Handy for replacing one-line-based package.json scripts or shell-based Makefiles. One can also write documentation and explanations to various commands in the same `.md` file. Most editors highlight correctly most languages in the markdown code blocks, even when you use several scripting languages. Here is a demo .md file…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A smarter shell and scripting environment with advanced features designed for usability, safety and productivity (eg smarter DevOps tooling) - lmorg/murex
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A powerful new shell that uses the janet programming language for both the implementation and repl. - andrewchambers/janetsh
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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mdi-cli▲92Generate material design icons from the command line
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cli shell plugin, the missing fuzzy tab completion feature for the z jump around command. - johannjhang/fz.sh
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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shell-based query tool. Contribute to muhmud/qsh development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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