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A curated list of awesome developer-first tools products.

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A curated list of developer tools and services that cater to the needs of developers.

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Analytics

  • Baremetrics

    Subscription analytics for Stripe

  • devActivity

    Contributions analytics with AI Insights, Performance Review, Retrospectives and Gamifications

  • Heap

    Product analytics API for web and mobile, captures all events

  • Mixpanel

    Product analytics and dashboards

  • Pirsch

    Privacy-friendly web analytics with a backend integration and API

  • Plausible

    Simple, privacy-friendly, and open-source web analytics tool

  • PoeticMetric

    Privacy-first, regulation-compliant, blazingly fast analytics tool

  • PostHog

    Open-source product analytics platform

  • Segment

    Collect user data and send it to your other tools

  • Tinybird

    Real-time data streams to APIs

Authentication & Identity

  • Aserto

    Cloud-native authorization for applications and APIs

  • Auth0

    Authentication & authorization as a service

  • AWS cognito

    AWS's authentication as a service

  • BoxyHQ Enterprise SSO

    Open-source API for enterprise SSO and Directory Sync

  • Clerk

    Authentication and user management platform for React, React Native, and Next.js

  • Corbado

    Passkey-first authentication as a service

  • Firebase Auth

    Google Firebase's take on authentication

  • FusionAuth

    Security-centric authentication as a Service, including self-hosting

  • Hanko

    Passwordless (WebAuthn API) PSD2, eIDAS, and GDPR compliant

  • Kinde

    Authentification and user management as a service

  • LoginRadius

    Managed user authentication service with SSO

  • Magic.link

    Passwordless (email-based) log in as a service

  • MojoAuth

    Complete CIAM solution with Enterprise SSO and extensive out-of-the-box enterprise features

  • Okta

    Embeddable authentication with SSO

  • Ory

    Open-source identity & access-control solutions (also available as a service)

  • Oso

    Authorization framework (RBAC)

  • Permit.io

    Permissions and access-control as a service

  • SuperTokens

    Open-source and hosted email & Oauth authentication with prebuilt UI

  • Stytch

    All-in-one authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention infrastructure

  • Userfront

    Simplistic user authentication with pre-built back-office dashboard

  • WorkOS

    Enterprise SSO and more out-of-the-box enterprise features

Automation

  • Abstra

    Python-based workflow engine for custom business processes

  • Lil'bots

    Create and deploy automation scripts in JavaScript or Python and deploy them to the cloud instantly, with free built-in APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and more

  • n8n

    Free and source-available fair-code licensed workflow automation tool

  • Potpie

    Open source AI agents for your codebase in minutes. Use pre-built agents for Q&A, testing, debugging and system design or create your own purpose-built agents

  • Trigger.dev

    Open-source platform to create workflows from APIs, on a schedule or on demand

Backend-as-a-Service

  • Appwrite

    End-to-end backend server for frontend and mobile developers

  • Supabase

    Hosted and open source managed Postgres DB like Firebase

CI/CD

  • CircleCI

    YML to configure your builds, parallel jobs, jobs marketplace

  • Depot

    Drop-in replacement to build Docker images faster in CI

  • GitLab

    Open-source CI and hosted solution with Github-like abilities

  • Gitpod

    Automated cloud dev environments

  • Spacelift

    CI/CD platform for infrastructure-as-code, currently supporting Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Kubernetes

CMS (headless)

Code Quality

  • Codacy

    Automatic code quality checks

  • CodeRabbit AI

    AI-powered code review and automated pull request management

  • Sonar

    Lint and code quality checks

Computer Vision

Databases & Spreadsheets

  • Airtable

    Database and spreadsheet hybrid with an API

  • Apitable

    API-oritented Airtable alternative

  • CrateDB

    Distributed open-source SQL database for real-time analytics

  • Neon

    Serverless Postgres database with scale-to-zero, branching, autoscaling

  • Neuledge

    Abstract ORM with a universal schema language for any kind of database

  • PlanetScale

    Hosted managed MySQL database, CI integration & auto scaling

  • Upstash

    Serverless tailored redis provider

Debugging

  • Lightrun

    Debug production servers using a plugin in the IDE (on-prem or SaaS) that supports Java, Node.js, and Python

  • Linear

    Issue tracking built for developers

  • Rookout

    Debug production servers via a cloud-based debugger. Supporting Java, .Net, Node.js, Python, and Ruby

Deployment Hosting

  • Adaptable

    Deploy apps and DBs via common templates

  • Cycle.io

    DevOps platform for building platforms. Handles container orchestration, load-balancing, monitoring, and more

  • Cyclic.sh

    Full stack app hosting (including dynamo db and s3)

  • DeployBot

    REST API to trigger deployments from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

  • Digital Ocean App Platform

    Deploy and don't care about infrastructure, works with all major frameworks

  • Fly.io

    Deploy dockerized full stack apps via a location-aware service (latency reduction)

  • Heroku

    Deploy via CLI to scalable servers

  • Kinsta

    Deploy static sites, apps, and databases from GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and host headless WordPress

  • Koyeb

    Serverless platform for deploying full-stack apps and APIs in minutes

  • Netlify

    Deploy JAMStack (mainly Gatsby) via CLI

  • Platform.sh

    Continuously deploy full-stack apps

  • Qoddi

    Git connected app hosting platform

  • Quix

    One tool to build and run event streaming applications

  • Railway

    Out-of-the-box git to deployment with auto scaling, DBs, secrets and rollbacks

  • Render

    Deploy from git to a CDN with SSL

  • Vercel

    Cloud platform for building and deploying serverless web applications, static websites, and Jamstack (mainly Next.js) projects

  • Zeabur

    One click deployment for frontend, backend and databases services

Discussions

  • Bazaarvoice

    Ratings, reviews as a service

  • Commento

    Privacy centric embeddable comment system

  • MuutIo

    Tools to create a community-driven app

  • Yotpo

    Reviews ratings and Q&A as a service

Documentation

  • Apidog

    All-in-one API documentation tool, 1-click to generate API documentation from requests

  • Bump.sh

    API documentation and change management solution

  • DeveloperHub

    Collaborative developer documentation platform

  • Mintlify

    AI powered code documentation, IDE extension (open source)

  • ReadMe

    Personalized and dynamic developer docs

  • Swimm

    Docs that are coupled with your code, auto-synced, works with your IDE

Environment & Secret Management

  • 1Password Secrets Automation

    Secrets management with integration to 1Password

  • Doppler

    Environment variable management across projects, in one place

  • Envkey

    Environment management with syncing mechanism for all apps

  • Ubiq

    Encryption APIs with secret management

  • Vault

    API driven secret key management

Feature Flags

  • Flagsmith

    Feature flags-as-a-service platform simplified

  • GrowthBook

    Open-source feature flag and experimentation platform

  • LaunchDarkly

    Feature flags-as-a-service platform

  • Split

    Feature flags platform with data analytics

  • Statsig

    All-in-one platform spanning across analytics, feature flagging, and A/B testing. Free for up to 1m metered events per month

  • Unleash

    Open-source, privacy-first, and enterprise-ready feature management solution

GEO

  • Mapbox

    Maps and locations products for devs

  • OpenCage

    Forward and reverse geocoding API based on open data

  • PlaceKit

    Locations search API

  • Radar

    Geofencing and geo APIs

  • SmartyStreets

    US Reverse Geocoding and Address Verification APIs

IDE

  • Codota

    AI code completions for your IDE

IDE / Codota

  • TabNine

    Deep learning completion (part of codota)

IDE

  • Fine

    Build Software with AI Agents

  • Kite

    AI assistant in your IDE (Python or JS)

  • MarsCode

    AI-powered cloud-based IDE

Infrastructure as Code

  • Pulumi

    Developer-first IaC with Python, TypeScript, Go and more languages

  • Terraform

    DSL, open-source and free (paid solution adds team management, policy-as-code...)

Integrations

  • Apideck

    Integration marketplace builder, one-API with 3rd parties for quick development

  • Nango

    Hundreds of pre-built product integrations with 250+ APIs, customizable in code

  • Panora

    Easy, flexible API to add customer-facing integrations to your SaaS product

  • Revert

    Open-source unified API to build B2B product integrations

  • Sequin

    Interface with third-party services using SQL

  • Vessel

    Developer-first, native integration platform for GTM tools

  • YepCode

    Build and run serverless functions with the best development experience

Localization

  • Localazy

    App translation built for developers

  • Tolgee

    Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform

Mail

  • Anymail finder

    Verify and find email APIs

  • FormSpree

    Receive form submissions by email

  • Heybounce

    Email verification API

  • Hunter.io

    Email lead and validation APIs

  • Imitate Email

    End-to-end email testing tool

  • Lob

    Email and address verification

  • Loops

    REST API to manage contact properties, send events and transactional emails

  • Mailgun

    Send, track, and receive emails

  • Resend

    Email API to build, test, and deliver transactional emails

  • Sendgrid

    Email API

Media

  • APITemplate.io

    APIs to generate images and PDFs from reusable templates

  • Bytescale

    File storage and processing APIs

  • Cloudinary

    Optimize, create, manage, and deliver images and videos

  • Dyte

    Build powerful live experiences in your product with an all-in-one Video SDK

  • Flatfile

    Programmatically import data from files so it's API-ready

  • ImageKit

    Automate image optimization, transformation, and delivery

  • imgix

    Transforms, optimizes, and cache images

  • Mux

    APIs to upload, manage, and stream video

  • Pintura

    A fully configurable JavaScript image editor SDK

Messaging

  • Ably

    Pub/sub, real-time messaging, notifications, chat, multiplayer and data synchronization

  • Applozic

    Chat SDKs, real-time messaging

  • Knock

    Notifications as a service

  • MagicBell

    Real-time notification system with API & UI components

  • Novu

    Open-source notification (Email, SMS, Direct, and Push) management

  • Stream

    Feed and chat as a service

  • Twilio

    SMS, push notifications, and VoIP APIs

  • Vonage

    Video, SMS, chat, and voice APIs

Misc

  • Actyx

    Developer-first factory building

  • Defer

    Serverless Node.js background jobs

  • Docusign

    APIs for eSignature, and Intelligent Agreement Management

  • Interval

    SDK to build internal tools and scripts for your product

  • ngrok

    Generate public URLs for internal servers (behind NAT/firewall)

  • Nylas

    APIs for productivity workflows (email, calendar, contacts...) - like plaid for productivity

  • Plain

    API-first customer service platform (support, feedback, rating widgets...)

  • Volta

    Fast, elegant GitHub desktop and web app

Monitoring

  • Airbrake

    Error monitoring in production

  • Better Stack

    Uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages

  • Helicone AI

    LLM observabilty and monitoring for your LLM apps in production

  • Highlight.io

    Full-stack monitoring platform

  • KeenIO

    Event streaming platform

  • Keywords AI

    The enterprise-grade software to build, monitor, and improve your AI application. Keywords AI is a full-stack LLM engineering platform for developers and PMs

  • Langfuse

    Open-source LLM observability platform that helps teams collaboratively debug, analyze, and iterate on their LLM applications

  • LogRocket

    Replay bugs users had

  • Opik

    Evaluate, test, and ship LLM applications across your dev and production lifecycles

  • Pagerly

    Manage Oncalls, Tickets, Incidents in Slack

  • Rollbar

    Reports errors in production

  • Sentry

    Application monitoring for bugs and performance

Natural Language Processing

Orchestration

  • Abstra

    Python-based workflow engine for custom business processes

  • AWS Step Functions

    Visual workflow service to build distributed applications and automate processes

  • Camunda- Platform

    Workflow engine that delivers scalable, on-demand process automation

Payments & Pricing

  • Braintree

    Paypal's take on API-first payments

  • Increase

    Bare-metal banking APIs

  • LemonSqueezy

    SaaS payments - covers more countries and takes care of VAT Tax

  • OpenMeter

    Open-source usage metering for billing and chargeback

  • Paddle

    Revenue delivery platform for SaaS with broad geographical support (unlike stripe at the moment)

  • Plaid

    Accept, send ACH (bank transfers) and get bank information

  • Stigg

    API-first pricing plans

  • Stripe Payments

    Accept payments and move money globally with APIs

Repo

Reports Generation

  • Carbone

    JSON into PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODS... API

  • DocRaptor

    HTML to PDF API built specifically for Paged Media using the PDF library

  • Export SDK

    PDF generator API with visual template editor

  • Image-Charts

    Chart as Image API for reports, PDFs and more

  • PDFBlade

    HTML to PDF API usage based pricing

Scraping

  • Apify

    Turn websites to an API

  • browserless

    Browser automation deployed to the cloud

  • Crawlbase

    Scrape hard-to-scrape websites with proxies

  • ScrapingANT

    Scrape with headless chrome

  • ScrapingBee

    Using headless browsers and proxies to scrape without being blocked

  • SearchApi

    Real-time Google SERP API

  • SerpApi

    Real-time search engine scraping API

  • WebScrapingHQ

    Webscraping API and fully managed service

  • ZenRows

    Web scraping API with built-in proxies and rotating IPs to avoid detection

  • Algolia

    Search as a service and full suite of search APIs

  • Meilisearch

    Open-source, fast and relevant search engine

  • Swiftype

    Search as a service (crawlers and React ready)

  • Typesense Cloud

    Open-source and hosted search as a Service

  • Websolr

    Open-source and hosted search with Solr

Security

  • Bearer

    Static application security testing (SAST) tool for JavaScript and Ruby stacks

  • GitGuardian

    Real-time GitHub activity scanner

  • Infisical

    Open-source, end-to-end encrypted secrets manager

  • Pixee

    Automated vulnerability remediation. Fixes vulnerabilities and hardens code

  • Snyk

    Vulnerability scanner for code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code

  • Socket

    Detect and block open-source supply chain attacks

Shipping

Testing

  • Apidog

    GUI tool for API mocking, testing (scenario testing, functional testing, performance testing, etc.)

  • Applitools

    Automated visual testing

  • Beeceptor

    REST API mocking

  • Blackfire.io

    Performance testing

  • Chromatic

    Visual UI testing for storybook

  • CodSpeed

    Continuous Performance Testing in CI environments

  • Ddosify

    Distributed Performance Testing Platform

  • Firecamp

    DX first open-source API dev tool alternative to Postman

  • Loadmill

    Generate tests from user behavior

  • Octomind

    Auto-generated, run and maintained Playwright UI tests with AI-assisted test case discovery

  • Percy

    Continuous visual testing

  • Testim

    Frontend testing

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