Boop vs Keka

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Boop		Keka
	Project
16	Mentions	29
3,631	Stars	4,428
-	Growth	-
1.4	Activity	9.1
3 months ago	Latest Commit	13 days ago
JavaScript	Language	PHP
MIT License	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Boop

Posts with mentions or reviews of Boop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-29.

DevToys–A Swiss army knife for developers
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Aug 2023

There's also Boop, which is open source: https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop
Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
149 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2023

I've been using Boop, it's pretty good for, json, yaml, datetimes, hashing etc! Missing a lot of what you've mentioned, but might be able to get some more ideas from it!
https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop
Tutorial Mac OS
6 projects | /r/SwiftUI | 2 Mar 2023
My list of Setapp apps alternatives
8 projects | /r/macapps | 24 Oct 2022

Another alternative to DevUtils would be Boop. Or CyberChef, for that matter (web, but available for local and selfhosted installation).
Recommendation for Software Engineer/Developer and Software architect apps?
15 projects | /r/macapps | 22 Apr 2022

in addition to what's already mentioned, https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop to convert and format things instead of googling for a converter every time
Boop, a Scriptable Scratchpad for Developers
2 projects | /r/programmingtools | 11 Feb 2022

1 project | /r/programming | 11 Feb 2022
DevToys For mac
4 projects | /r/MacOS | 9 Feb 2022

Also, Boop.
What are some good open-source Mac apps you can't live without?
25 projects | /r/macapps | 1 Feb 2022

Boop: Collection of utilities/extensions for developers
Made an app for Windows that aims to be a Swiss Army knife for developers. Sharing some screenshots here.
3 projects | /r/Windows11 | 19 Jan 2022

Though may I suggest checking out Boop? I love how minimal it looks. Maybe you can implement a minimal mode later?

Keka

Posts with mentions or reviews of Keka. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-17.

Stuffit – 30 Years of File Compression
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Feb 2024

Keka isn't open source. It's not even source-available! https://github.com/aonez/Keka/blob/fb4292000cf946e6a022d0281...
> The source code of Keka 1.0 will not be public due some legal issues. Legal support is needed, if you can help the project, please get in contact on [email protected] or the Project page on the official Keka website. Any help is welcome.
WinRAR sold 5,449 licenses in a day
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Sep 2023

While not identical in functionality, I highly recommend Keka: https://www.keka.io
A collection of useful Mac Apps
32 projects | /r/macapps | 13 Jul 2023

Keka - Price: Free File archiver for macOS that supports many file formats, including ZIP, RAR, and 7-Zip.
Seven.zip
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 May 2023

Since RAR decompression is listed, I'll assume you mean compression:
https://github.com/aonez/Keka/wiki/Rar-compression
Sounds like it is a licensing issue more than anything? People still compress to RAR?
A guide to using Campaign Cartographer 3+ on a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 chip) + optional iPad drawing tablet using Apple Pencil
2 projects | /r/FantasyMaps | 24 Apr 2023

Step 3: Right click the duplicated EXE and click Open With> and select the extraction program of your choice. If you do not have one, I recommend Keka, which can be downloaded here https://github.com/aonez/Keka/releases/latest for free or purchased on the Mac App store if you would like to support the developer (https://mas.keka.io/)
VLC icon stuck
1 project | /r/MacOS | 16 Feb 2023

Or course it may not be what you wanted, since you may download RAR files other than videos; and you may want to change the default application to RAR utilities, such as The Unarchiver or Keka.
Apple Mail attachment icons all blank white documents
2 projects | /r/MacOS | 22 Nov 2022

- In an app called Keka: https://github.com/aonez/Keka/issues/1177
My list of Setapp apps alternatives
8 projects | /r/macapps | 24 Oct 2022

Keka is an awesome unarchiver
Entitlement in Open Source
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Sep 2022

Textual¹ is open-source but sells the precompiled app. Keka² has the app available for free on GitHub but charges for it on the Mac App Store, to support development.
¹ IRC client for macOS: https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual
² Un/archiver for macOS: https://github.com/aonez/Keka
how to open .001 on mac
1 project | /r/mac | 12 Sep 2022

Keka is a really good archive tool on macOS

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Boop and Keka you can also consider the following projects:

DevUtils-app - All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Native macOS app.

iina - The modern video player for macOS.

alfred-calculate-anything - Alfred Workflow to calculate anything with natural language

MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.

CotEditor - Lightweight Plain-Text Editor for macOS

Karabiner-Elements - Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.

DevToys - A Swiss Army knife for developers.

RDM - Easily set Mac Retina display to higher unsupported resolutions

macmediakeyforwarder - Media Key Forwarder for iTunes and Spotify

iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

MacGesture - Global mouse gestures for macOS

AppPolice - MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications

Boop vs DevUtils-app Keka vs iina Boop vs alfred-calculate-anything Keka vs MonitorControl Boop vs CotEditor Keka vs Karabiner-Elements Boop vs DevToys Keka vs RDM Boop vs macmediakeyforwarder Keka vs iTerm2 Boop vs MacGesture Keka vs AppPolice

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What are some alternatives?