sudo Alternatives

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

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sudo 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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Good alternative?Is sudo-rs a good alternative to sudo?
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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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Good alternative?Is doas a good alternative to sudo?
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
Good alternative?Is OpenDoas a good alternative to sudo?

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OpenDoas vs sudo Comments
Positive comment by Rodney42 · May 30, 2020
Very minimal, easy to use.
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OpenDoas is Free and Open Sourcesudo is also Free and Open Source
OpenDoas is Lightweightsudo is not according to our users
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please
1 like
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 sudo?
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
France
EU
Good alternative?Is RootAsRole a good alternative to sudo?
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
Good alternative?Is SuRun a good alternative to sudo?