6 alternatives to tldr
tldr-pages/tldr — Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands 📚. (64,043 stars, MIT, files, dev-tools, cli).
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 also serves 16 licence-cleared components from tldr-pages/tldr itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
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| 1 | chubin/cheat.sh | 6.2 | MIT | 41,828 |
| 2 | denisidoro/navi | 6.8 | Apache-2.0 | 17,800 |
| 3 | sharkdp/hyperfine | 7.5 | Apache-2.0 | 29,151 |
| 4 | microsoft/terminal | 5.8 | MIT | 105,223 |
| 5 | nvbn/thefuck | 5.0 | MIT | 97,926 |
| 6 | unjs/consola | 4.8 | MIT | 7,342 |
The alternatives in detail
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the only cheat sheet you need
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An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-linescore 6.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 17,800 stars · 41 components · search them
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A command-line benchmarking tool
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The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
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Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.score 5.0/10 · MIT permissive · 97,926 stars · 179 components · search them
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🐨 Elegant Console Logger for Node.js and Browserscore 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 7,342 stars · 19 components · search them
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