Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Zulu

The ZSH Environment Manager

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

1. 1
   Carbide▲164

   A new kind of programming environment

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Zube▲210

   Simple project management for developers

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Zazu▲193

   Open source launcher, an alternative to Alfred

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GitHub Desktop▲252

   The New Native

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Qudos▲145

   Product Hunt for dev tools

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   CodeGophers▲293

   Your personal army of programmers

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Zapier for Teams▲289

   Automate everything, together.

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

   2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    APItools▲98

    API Zen for App Developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Taskulu▲96

    Next-Gen Role Based Project Management Platform

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12ZZ
    Zectl – ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux▲119

    2020 · ramsdenj.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Matterhorn▲163

    Simple and light-weight project management tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Devmag▲133

    A network re-thought for software developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Zammad▲74

    Open source Zendesk alternative

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HakkaLogs▲125

    Automated networking for developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hello Tech Pros: Why Great Dev Managers are Like Pirate Ship Captains▲55

    Because they AAAAARRRRRRHHHHHHH

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Stack▲88

    A task manager for Devs & Designers

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    SaltStack For DevOps▲66

    Fast and simple IT automation and configuration management

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    App Developer Atlas▲89

    Helping developers make the right tool choices

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Nuklear▲64

    A small ANSI C gui toolkit

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cosmic▲81

    Headless CMS and API toolkit

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Code Mill▲85

    A marketplace for pull requests

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →