Alternatives

Shale alternatives for AI agents.

Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.

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Shale

Shale is a Ruby object mapper and serializer for JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV and XML. It allows you to parse JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV and XML data and convert it into Ruby data structures, as well as serialize data structures into JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV or XML.

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#1

YouPlot

Similarity 130Trust 89Excellent 100

A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal.

4.8K starsMay 24, 2026 pushdata-analysisRubyCSV
$ npx skills add red-data-tools/YouPlot
#2

Jsoncrack.Com

Similarity 128Trust 98Excellent 100

✨ Innovative and open-source visualization application that transforms various data formats, such as JSON, YAML, XML and CSV into interactive graphs.

44K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdata-analysisTypeScriptCSV
$ npx skills add AykutSarac/jsoncrack.com
#3

Spreadsheet Architect

Similarity 127Trust 92Excellent 97

Spreadsheet Architect is a library that allows you to create XLSX, ODS, or CSV spreadsheets super easily from ActiveRecord relations, plain Ruby objects, or tabular data.

1.3K starsApr 27, 2026 pushdata-analysisRubyCSV
$ npx skills add westonganger/spreadsheet_architect
#4

Administrative Divisions Of China

Similarity 127Trust 95Excellent 100

中华人民共和国行政区划:省级(省份)、 地级(城市)、 县级(区县)、 乡级(乡镇街道)、 村级(村委会居委会) ,中国省市区镇村二级三级四级五级联动地址数据。

21K starsDec 27, 2025 pushdata-analysisJavaScriptCSV
$ npx skills add modood/Administrative-divisions-of-China
#5

Datasette

Similarity 126Trust 92Excellent 100

An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data

11K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonCSV
$ npx skills add simonw/datasette
#6

Countries

Similarity 125Trust 94Excellent 100

World countries in JSON, YAML, CSV and XML. Any help is welcome!

6.2K starsMay 29, 2026 pushdata-analysisPHPCSV
$ npx skills add mledoze/countries
#7

Visidata

Similarity 125Trust 90Excellent 100

A terminal spreadsheet multitool for discovering and arranging data

9.1K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonCSV
$ npx skills add saulpw/visidata
#8

Testssl.Sh

Similarity 125Trust 89Excellent 100

Testing TLS/SSL encryption anywhere on any port

9.1K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdata-analysisShellCSV
$ npx skills add testssl/testssl.sh
#9

ServiceStack

Similarity 124Trust 93Excellent 100

Thoughtfully architected, obscenely fast, thoroughly enjoyable web services for all

5.5K starsJun 10, 2026 pushdata-analysisC#CSV
$ npx skills add ServiceStack/ServiceStack
#10

Django Import Export

Similarity 124Trust 95Excellent 100

Django application and library for importing and exporting data with admin integration.

3.3K starsMay 27, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonCSV
$ npx skills add django-import-export/django-import-export
#11

Extract Otp Secrets

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Extract one time password (OTP) secrets from QR codes exported by two-factor authentication (2FA) apps such as "Google Authenticator". The exported QR codes from authentication apps can be captured by camera, read from images, or read from text files. The secrets can be exported to JSON or CSV, or printed as QR codes to console.

1.6K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonCSV
$ npx skills add scito/extract_otp_secrets
#12

Csv Parser

Similarity 122Trust 94Excellent 100

A modern C++ CSV parser and serializer that doesn't make you choose between ease of use or performance.

1.1K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdata-analysisC++CSV
$ npx skills add vincentlaucsb/csv-parser
#13

Easy Localization

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Easy and Fast internationalizing your Flutter Apps

1.0K starsJun 13, 2026 pushdata-analysisDartCSV
$ npx skills add aissat/easy_localization
#14

URS

Similarity 122Trust 93Excellent 100

Universal Reddit Scraper - A comprehensive Reddit scraping/archival command-line tool.

1.0K starsJun 9, 2026 pushdata-analysisPythonCSV
$ npx skills add JosephLai241/URS
#15

ISO 3166 Countries With Regional Codes

Similarity 121Trust 83Promising 69

ISO 3166-1 country lists merged with their UN Geoscheme regional codes in ready-to-use JSON, XML, CSV data sets

2.5K starsJun 29, 2024 pushdata-analysisRubyCSV
$ npx skills add lukes/ISO-3166-Countries-with-Regional-Codes
#16

Comma

Similarity 121Trust 86Strong 78

Comma is a small CSV (ie. comma separated values) generation extension for Ruby objects, that lets you seamlessly define a CSV output format via a small DSL

518 starsMay 17, 2026 pushdata-analysisRubyCSV
$ npx skills add comma-csv/comma

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