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Best developer tools in 2026

The wide bucket: CLIs, local environments, test runners, and code review.

This is the broadest category on the site, and deliberately so: it is where tools that improve the daily work of writing and shipping code land when they do not belong to a narrower slice. Terminals, local environments, test runners, debuggers, code review. Because it is wide, it is the right place to skim when you do not yet know what you are looking for, and the place where a one-line tagline has to do the most work.

60 tools · 3 launching soon

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NOIRADIX Studio

Launched

Free, open-source browser pixel art and sprite animation studio with PIX2 workflows and Unity sprite export.

Developer Tools
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TokenWatch

Launched

An iOS and Android app that shows remaining usage limits and reset times for AI coding services.

AI
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Vectoree

Launched

A backend for coding agents: model gateway, auth, Postgres and storage behind one project key.

AI
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Mons

Beta

Continue your coding-agent terminal session from computer to iPhone and iPad.

Developer Tools
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helpers.work

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17 free online tools for developers, DevOps and sysadmins

Developer Tools
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PermitCore

Launched

Software licensing and a branded store, with online, offline, floating and metered licenses and eight SDKs.

APIs
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UnoPim

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Open-source PIM and DAM platform to manage, enrich, and distribute product data with AI.

AI
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Akii: SEO & AI Search Optimizer

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Free Claude Code plugin for SEO, AEO and GEO, with site audits, content plans, schema and link checks.

AI
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HotRepo

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Discover trending GitHub projects with bilingual AI reviews and historical rankings

Developer Tools
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Reqode

Launched

Define whole features. Give AI agents context. Verify the implementation.

AI
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Cool Kanban

Launched

An offline-first Kanban app for macOS with local SQLite storage and an MCP server for AI agents.

Developer Tools
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XTTY

Launched

A native Mac terminal built for fast SSH workflows, multi-host operations, and agent-aware remote work.

Developer Tools
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OpenUptime

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Open-source uptime monitoring and public status pages

Developer Tools
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Nexfy

Launched

Business messaging APIs for SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and OTP

APIs
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Device Changer

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Android testing tool for QA: device profiles, test identifiers, location and Wi-Fi values per app.

Developer Tools
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SMSMAIS

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SMS, OTP and programmable voice for Brazilian businesses

APIs
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VideoBGRemover

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Video background removal via API and remote MCP.

AI
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RelPrim

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Reliability primitives for Python async operations

Developer Tools
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Mekh Tools

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Free browser utilities for JSON, CSV, images, audio and everyday file tasks

Developer Tools
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FrAIFlow Developer Tools

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Eight free developer tools that run in your browser.

Developer Tools
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Tabularis

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Open-source SQL workspace for desktop and web

Databases
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CSVJetty

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CSV imports for React with column mapping, validation, and inline corrections

Databases
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IconVectors

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Desktop SVG icon editor with a built-in MCP server.

Developer Tools
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Transglot

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Localize software changes with AI drafts, automatic checks and team review.

AI
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SpriteFuse

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AI sprite animations for indie 2D game developers

AI
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EasyTextTools

Launched

37 free browser tools for text, CSV and JSON, with no account required.

Developer Tools
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JSONViewerTool

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Browser tools for viewing, comparing, validating, escaping and converting JSON.

Developer Tools
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SiftingIO

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Live and historical market data for developers

APIs
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Perch

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Check coding-agent edits against plain-English code requirements

AI
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Lattice

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A separate Mac desktop for each project’s terminals, coding agents and browser preview

Developer Tools
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License Compatibility Checker

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Check software license compatibility and identify potential conflicts before combining or distributing code.

Developer Tools
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Biome

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A fast formatter and linter for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON and CSS in one tool.

Developer Tools
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Vite

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A frontend build tool with a fast dev server and optimised production builds.

Developer Tools
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Val Town

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A social website for writing and deploying small TypeScript functions in the browser.

Developer Tools
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Sentry

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Error tracking and performance monitoring for applications.

Developer Tools
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Copperhead

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An open-source AI engineering platform for designing, verifying and shipping circuit boards.

AI
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aclif

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A framework for building command-line tools that AI agents use to reach SaaS platforms.

AI
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rhun

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A small, fast, open-source code editor for Windows, Linux and macOS, written in assembly.

Developer Tools
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Command Center

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An agentic coding environment for running AI agents in parallel and reviewing their edits.

AI
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Woxi

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An open-source Wolfram Language interpreter written in Rust, with a browser playground.

Developer Tools
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Drop

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A rootless Linux sandbox for isolating coding agents and third-party programs.

Developer Tools
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Ledge

Launched

Markdown notes that run shell commands, code, SQL and AI prompts in place.

Developer Tools
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boxes.dev

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Cloud computers for coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex, managed from desktop, phone or terminal.

AI
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PCBJam

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KiCad in the browser, with real-time collaboration on the same project.

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ForensicDbg

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A post-mortem debugger for native Windows x86 and x64 crashes, currently in private beta.

Developer Tools
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Raycast

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A keyboard launcher for Mac that replaces Spotlight with extensions, snippets and window management.

Developer Tools
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Mintlify

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A documentation platform that turns Markdown in your repo into a polished docs site.

Developer Tools
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tldraw

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An infinite canvas SDK for React, and the whiteboard built on top of it.

Developer Tools
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Bun

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A fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner and package manager in one binary.

Developer Tools
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Spline

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A browser-based 3D design tool for building interactive scenes for the web.

Developer Tools
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Rive

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A design tool and runtime for interactive animations that ship to web, mobile and games.

Developer Tools
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Zed

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A fast, open-source code editor written in Rust, with multiplayer editing and AI built in.

Developer Tools
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Warp

Launched

A modern terminal with command blocks, an editor-style input and built-in AI agents.

AI
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Cursor

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An AI code editor built on VS Code, with codebase-aware chat, edits and agents.

AI
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Resend

Launched

An email API for developers, with React Email templates and deliverability tooling.

APIs
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M3e Canvas

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Sketch Material 3 Expressive screens in the browser and turn them into vibe-coding prompts.

Developer Tools
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PRAXIST

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Autonomous research system for measurable, computer-executable research.

AI

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What to look for

Questions that are far easier to ask before a launch than after one.

Work out where it sits in a workflow you already have

The tools that stick either replace something you run today or hook into it. One that asks you to move your whole workflow somewhere new needs a much larger reason.

Check how it behaves offline and in CI

Anything in the inner loop gets run hundreds of times a day. See whether it needs a network round trip, an account, or a hosted service to do its job.

Find out what it leaves behind

Config in your repository, a lockfile, plain text output: those survive the tool. A tool whose state lives only in its own dashboard is much harder to walk away from.

FAQ

Questions about this category

Why is this category so broad?

It is the home for tools that improve writing and shipping code without fitting a tighter category like databases or DevOps. Most listings here carry a second, more specific category too, so opening that one gives you a shorter list.

Can I see only the tools I can use today?

Yes. Filter by status on the explore page, or open the beta collection, which is every listing currently open to testers rather than only announced.

Nearby

Corners of the stack that overlap with this one, either in the listings themselves or in practice.

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