Terminal Tool Guides
Guides to command-line tools: step-by-step how-tos, modern replacements for Unix commands, alternatives, best-of lists and comparisons.
Alternatives
17Alacritty Alternatives
Alacritty alternatives: WezTerm, Kitty and Ghostty add tabs, splits and scripting; Windows Terminal and iTerm2 cover one OS each.
Claude Code Alternatives
Claude Code alternatives: OpenCode, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Aider and Goose compared by providers, agents, git handling and free tiers.
cmder Alternatives
cmder alternatives for Windows: Windows Terminal, WezTerm, and Tabby compared by shells, multiplexing, SSH, and configuration.
codex Alternatives
Codex alternatives: OpenCode, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Aider and Goose compared by model support, interface and workflow.
gemini-cli Alternatives
Alternatives to gemini-cli: opencode, claude-code, codex, goose, and aider compared by provider support, agents, and workflow.
Ghostty Alternatives
Ghostty alternatives: WezTerm, Kitty and Alacritty compared by platform, built-in tabs and splits, scripting, and licensing.
Goose Alternatives
Goose alternatives compared: OpenCode, Claude Code, Aider, Codex and Gemini CLI, with how each differs on scope, providers and workflow.
Hyper Alternatives
Hyper alternatives: WezTerm, Tabby, Kitty, Ghostty and Alacritty compared by config model, platform support and built-in features.
Kitty Alternatives
Kitty alternatives: WezTerm, Ghostty, and Alacritty compared by platform, multiplexing, scripting and rendering, plus Rio, Contour, iTerm2 and foot.
lazygit Alternatives
lazygit alternatives compared: gitui, gitu and tig as terminal Git UIs, plus forgit for fzf-based Git commands in Bash, Zsh and Fish.
Neovim Alternatives
Neovim alternatives compared: Helix, micro, Flow Control and amp. Modal and non-modal terminal editors with built-in LSP and tree-sitter.
Open Interpreter Alternatives
Open Interpreter alternatives: Goose, opencode, Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI compared on interfaces, providers and approval controls.
opencode Alternatives
opencode alternatives: Claude Code, codex, Gemini CLI, Aider and Goose compared by interface, model support and git workflow.
Tabby Alternatives
Tabby alternatives: WezTerm, Kitty, Windows Terminal and Wave compared by platform, scripting, SSH handling and plugin support.
tldr Alternatives
tldr alternatives: cheat for editable cheatsheets, navi for runnable fuzzy-searched snippets, eg for paged example files.
WezTerm Alternatives
WezTerm alternatives: Kitty, Ghostty, Alacritty, Windows Terminal and Tabby compared on multiplexing, config format and platform support.
Windows Terminal Alternatives
Windows Terminal alternatives compared: WezTerm, Tabby, Alacritty, cmder, Hyper and Contour, with platform, config and multiplexing differences.