7 alternatives to acme.sh
acmesh-official/acme.sh — A pure Unix shell script ACME client for SSL / TLS certificate automation (47,920 stars, GPL-3.0, infra, integration, security).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It does not serve code from acmesh-official/acme.sh itself (licence class: strong-copyleft), so these alternatives are the licence-cleared route.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
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| 1 | caddyserver/caddy | 6.3 | Apache-2.0 | 78,273 |
| 2 | certimate-go/certimate | 5.8 | MIT | 9,423 |
| 3 | caddyserver/certmagic | 4.6 | Apache-2.0 | 5,617 |
| 4 | nvm-sh/nvm | 3.8 | MIT | 95,745 |
| 5 | win-acme/win-acme | 5.5 | Apache-2.0 | 5,832 |
| 6 | atuinsh/atuin | 4.8 | MIT | 32,247 |
| 7 | shelljs/shelljs | 4.8 | BSD-3-Clause | 14,400 |
The alternatives in detail
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Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS
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An open-source and free self-hosted SSL certificates ACME tool, automates the full-cycle of issuance, deployment, renewal, and monitoring visually. 完全开源免费的自托管 SSL 证书 ACME 工具，申请、部署、续期、监控全流程自动化可视化，支持各大主流云厂商。score 5.8/10 · MIT permissive · 9,423 stars · 1,714 components · search them
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Automatic HTTPS for any Go program: fully-managed TLS certificate issuance and renewalscore 4.6/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 5,617 stars · 22 components · search them
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Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.
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Automate SSL/TLS certificates on Windows with easescore 5.5/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 5,832 stars · 327 components · search them
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✨ Making your shell magicalscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 32,247 stars · 561 components · search them
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:shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.jsscore 4.8/10 · BSD-3-Clause permissive · 14,400 stars · 33 components · search them
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