OpenDoas Alternatives

Apps similar to OpenDoas include sudo-rs, which is free and open source. Other options are doas, RootAsRole, please and sudo. In total there are five apps like OpenDoas for Linux and Mac.

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OpenDoas alternatives page was last updated Jan 4, 2026

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sudo-rs
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A memory safe implementation of sudo and su.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
FreeBSD
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doas
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A port of OpenBSD's doas which runs on FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and illumos.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Platforms
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
NetBSD
Mac
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RootAsRole
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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
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Origin
France
EU
Platforms
Linux
Rust
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EU
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please
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sudo like program with regex support written in Rust.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Rust
Fedora
Alpine Linux
openSUSE
NetBSD
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Good alternative?Is please a good alternative to OpenDoas?
sudo
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Run commands as root.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Good alternative?Is sudo a good alternative to OpenDoas?