Tool directory

25 tools, curated by hand. No ads, no sponsored slots.

AI Coding · Editors

Cursor

The AI-first code editor

VS Code fork with deep AI integration — tab completion, agent mode, and codebase-aware chat built into the editor.

Freemium aieditoragent
AI Coding

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer in your editor

Inline code suggestions and chat from OpenAI/Anthropic models, wired into VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim.

Paid aiautocompletegithub
AI Coding · Terminals

Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal

Command-line tool that edits your repo with you — git-aware, works with any LLM, and respects your workflow.

Open Source aicliterminal
AI Coding · Editors

Continue

Open-source AI copilot for your IDE

Autopilot and chat inside VS Code and JetBrains, with any model — including local ones via Ollama.

Open Source aiopen-sourcelocal-llm
AI Coding · Editors

Windsurf

Agentic IDE that keeps you in flow

Editor built around an AI agent that plans, writes, and refactors across your whole codebase.

Freemium aiagenteditor
Editors

Neovim

Hyperextensible Vim-based editor

The keyboard-driven editor that never leaves your terminal, with a Lua plugin ecosystem and built-in LSP.

Open Source vimterminallua
Editors · AI Coding

Zed

Blazing-fast multiplayer editor

GPU-accelerated editor written in Rust with real-time collaboration and built-in AI assistance.

Free rustfastcollaboration
Terminals

Ghostty

Fast, native terminal emulator

GPU-accelerated terminal that feels instant, with sane defaults and zero config bloat.

Open Source terminalfast
Terminals · AI Coding

Warp

The terminal, reimagined with AI

Modern terminal with command blocks, AI command search, and team workflows baked in.

Freemium terminalai
Terminals

WezTerm

GPU terminal + multiplexer in one

Cross-platform terminal with built-in multiplexing, ligatures, and Lua configuration.

Open Source terminalmultiplexer
Terminals

tmux

Terminal sessions that never die

The classic terminal multiplexer — detach, reattach, and split panes on any server.

Open Source terminalmultiplexerssh
Hosting & Deploy

Coolify

Self-hosted Heroku alternative

Deploy apps, databases, and services to your own VPS with a clean dashboard and git push.

Open Source self-hostpaasdocker
Hosting & Deploy

Fly.io

Run apps close to your users

Deploy Docker containers to a global edge network with anycast IPs and built-in Postgres.

Freemium dockeredgecontainers
Hosting & Deploy

Railway

Zero-config app deployment

Push code, get a live URL. Databases, cron jobs, and previews without YAML spelunking.

Freemium paasdeploy
Hosting & Deploy

Hetzner

Absurdly cheap cloud servers

EU cloud VPS and dedicated servers at prices that make the big clouds look silly.

Paid vpscloudcheap
Databases

Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative

Postgres database, auth, storage, and realtime — with a dashboard you'll actually enjoy.

Freemium postgresbackendauth
Databases

Turso

SQLite at the edge

Distributed libSQL databases replicated close to users, with a generous free tier.

Freemium sqliteedge
Databases

Neon

Serverless Postgres

Postgres that scales to zero and branches like git — perfect for preview environments.

Freemium postgresserverless
Hosting & Deploy

Docker

Containers for everything

Package your app and its world into a portable image. The lingua franca of deployment.

Freemium containersdevops
APIs

Postman

API development workbench

Design, test, and document APIs with collections your whole team can run.

Freemium apitestingrest
APIs

Bruno

Open-source API client

Git-friendly Postman alternative — collections live as plain files in your repo.

Open Source apiopen-sourcegit
Testing

Playwright

End-to-end testing that works

Reliable browser automation from Microsoft — test across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.

Open Source e2ebrowserautomation
Testing

Vitest

Blazing unit tests for JS

Vite-native test runner that's fast enough to run on every save.

Open Source javascriptunit-testing
Design

Figma

Design where devs can read it

Collaborative design tool with dev mode, variables, and inspectable specs.

Freemium uicollaborationprototyping
Productivity

Obsidian

Your second brain, in Markdown

Local-first notes with backlinks, graph view, and a plugin for everything.

Freemium notesmarkdownpkm