doas Alternatives

doas is described as 'A port of OpenBSD's doas which runs on FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and illumos' and is an app. There are six alternatives to doas for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Rust, Fedora, FreeBSD and Alpine Linux apps. The best doas alternative is OpenDoas, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like doas are sudo-rs, sudo, SuRun and dosr.

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  1. OpenDoas icon

    OpenDoas

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    A portable fork of the OpenBSD doas command. Very minimal alternative to sudo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

    • OpenDoas is the most popular Linux alternative to doas.

    • OpenDoas is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to doas.

    • OpenDoas is Free and Open Sourcedoas is also Free and Open Source
    • OpenDoas is Lightweightdoas is not according to our users

  2. sudo-rs

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    A memory safe implementation of sudo and su.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  4. sudo icon

    sudo

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    Run commands as root.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     

    • sudo is the most popular Mac alternative to doas.

    • sudo is Free and Open Sourcedoas is also Free and Open Source
  5. SuRun icon

    SuRun

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    SuRun eases using Windows 2000 to Windows Vista with limited user rights. With SuRun you can start applications with elevated rights without needing administrator credentials. Note: site is in German but app is translated to English.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • SuRun is the most popular Windows alternative to doas.

    • SuRun is Free and Open Sourcedoas is also Free and Open Source
  6. dosr icon

    dosr

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    Privilege delegation tool based on Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). It empowers administrators to assign precise privileges — not full root — to users and commands.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
     

  7. please

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    sudo like program with regex support written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Fedora
    • Alpine Linux
    • openSUSE
    • NetBSD
     
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