Cli Tools
Alternatives to yq
The tools Specifiction weighs against yq, from its list of cli tools, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
- 01 HTTPie
HTTPie suits developers and teams who test or debug APIs across a terminal, desktop, or web workflow.
From $10/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.9 Visit Specs - 02
FFmpeg FFmpeg suits people who need command-line media conversion, recording, or streaming across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.8 Visit Specs - 03
GitHub CodeQL From $30/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 04 jq
jq suits people who need to query or reshape JSON from a command line, including when working with large inputs.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 05 aria2 Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Android8.4 Visit Specs
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Homebrew Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 07 rclone
Rclone suits users comfortable managing cloud files from a command line, scripts, or an API.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 08
Nix Nix suits technically comfortable users who need reproducible package builds, system configuration or shared development environments.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted8.2 Visit Specs - 09
Pulumi Pulumi suits engineers defining infrastructure in general-purpose languages across supported cloud providers.
From $40/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.1 Visit Specs - 10 Git Free plan macOS8.0 Visit Specs
- 11 gs-batch-pdf
It suits command-line users automating PDF compression, conversion, and batch directory processing.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 12
Kubernetes Kubernetes suits teams that need to deploy, scale, and manage containerized workloads across local, cloud, or datacenter environments.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.0 Visit Specs - 13 Helm
Helm suits application operators, developers, distributors, and tool developers working with Kubernetes applications.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.9 Visit Specs - 14
restic It suits people needing free file backup and restoration on Linux, macOS, Windows, or BSD.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 15 btop
btop suits Linux and macOS users who want to inspect system and process activity in a terminal.
Free plan macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 16 fdupes Free plan Linux7.8 Visit Specs
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Supabase Supabase suits developers and teams building backends around Postgres who need authentication, storage, realtime features, or server-side functions.
From $25/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS7.8 Visit Specs - 18
AWS Client VPN From $0.10/mo Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.7 Visit Specs - 19
OpenTofu OpenTofu suits infrastructure teams that define cloud or on-premises resources in configuration and want to manage changes through plans.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted7.7 Visit Specs - 20 K9s
K9s suits Kubernetes cluster users who prefer terminal-based monitoring and management across Linux, macOS, or Windows.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.6 Visit Specs - 21
Vercel Vercel suits teams deploying web applications from connected Git repositories and using its listed frameworks and delivery infrastructure.
From $20/mo Free plan Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 22 lazygit Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux7.5 Visit Specs
- 23 AWS Command Line Interface Windows · macOS · Linux6.2 Visit Specs
- 24 Azure CLI Windows · macOS · Linux6.1 Visit Specs
- 25 Docker CLI Windows · macOS · Linux6.1 Visit Specs
- 26 fzf Windows · macOS · Linux6.0 Visit Specs
- 27 GitLab CLI Windows · macOS · Linux5.9 Visit Specs
- 28 Google Cloud Client Libraries Web5.7 Visit Specs
- 29 Ollama Windows · macOS · Linux5.6 Visit Specs
- 30 ripgrep Windows · macOS · Linux5.5 Visit Specs