cli
GitHub’s official command line tool (by cli)
dnSpy
.NET debugger and assembly editor [Moved to: https://github.com/dnSpy/dnSpy] (by 0xd4d)
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.
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.
cli
Posts with mentions or reviews of cli.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-15.
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Reading Hacker News weekly posts with GitHub CLI
Use gh to interact with GitHub from the command line
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The problem with Open Source, in 2025
Gh Github Official CLI
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Time and Truth: Lessons from Tracking My Work with Watson
Here is a hack that I am proud of: I wrote a small script as a GitHub CLI extension:
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Using Checkout Action in GitHub Actions Workflow
A GitHub account and basic familiarity with GitHub actions are requirements for using GitHub actions. Additionally, you will need the GitHub CLI to follow along with the hands-on demo later in this post.
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Easing the start at a new company with glab or gh
I wanted to look at another big platform that I use in my free time. GitHub does have a CLI-tool called gh.
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Replacing App Center with GitHub Actions
Install gh, the GitHub cli
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How to self-host Strapi on Railway
GitHub CLIDownload and Install GitHub CLI here
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Getting Started with Go and the Web: Deploy to Railway
Git and the GitHub CLI should be installed on your machine. Download and install Git from here: Downloads - Git. Download and install the GitHub CLI from here: Download and Install GitHub CLI.
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How to Use Two GitHub Profiles on One Machine
GitHub CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to interact with GitHub from the terminal. You can install GitHub CLI by following the instructions on the GitHub CLI website.
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Detecting and Analyzing Comment Quality Using Vector Search
Navigate to this GitHub repository in your web browser and clone the repository to your computer. If you have the GitHub CLI you can run the following from your command line:
dnSpy
Posts with mentions or reviews of dnSpy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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[MOD/FIX] Proportional haven-recruit chance
dnSpy https://github.com/0xd4d/dnSpy
- I was hoping to get some insight into this crash?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cli and dnSpy you can also consider the following projects:
glab - The GitLab CLI tool. Archived: now officially adopted by GitLab as the official CLI tool and maintained at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli. See https://github.com/profclems/glab/issues/983
ILSpy - .NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!
canarytokens - Canarytokens helps track activity and actions on your network.
x64dbg - An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
gh.vim - Vim/Neovim plugin for GitHub
de4dot - .NET deobfuscator and unpacker.