Open Source Developer Tools Apps

Discover the best open source developer tools for code management, testing, automation & more. Accelerate your projects with powerful utilities.

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Apps in Developer Tools

PHP
99%
MIT

Shlink

Developer Tools · Marketing

5,307

Self-hosted PHP URL shortener with a full REST API, dynamic redirect rules, and real-time visit analytics under your own domain.

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83
Technical
72
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PHP 99%
Updated 2 weeks ago
Rust
56%
Apache 2.0

Magnitude

AI Development · Developer Tools

5,285

An open source inference engine that profiles your hardware, recommends the best local models, and tunes them for the coding agent you already use.

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78
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83
Technical
71
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Rust 56%
TypeScript 18%
Python 11%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
96%
Apache 2.0

Next AI Draw.io

AI Design Tools · Design Tools · Developer Tools

36,063

Turn natural language into professional draw.io diagrams with AI, cloud icons, and an MCP server for your IDE.

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78
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80
Technical
68
Dependency
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TypeScript 96%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
97%
AGPL 3.0

Responsively App

Design Tools · Developer Tools

25,201

Preview and interact with your responsive web design across every device size simultaneously — no more manual resizing.

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78
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71
Technical
67
Dependency
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TypeScript 97%
Updated 2 weeks ago
TypeScript
90%
AGPL 3.0

useSend

Developer Tools · Marketing

4,698

Self-hostable open source email platform built on Amazon SES with a full dashboard, SMTP relay, REST API, and multi-language SDKs.

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78
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72
Technical
68
Dependency
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TypeScript 90%
Updated 1 months ago
Rust
90%
MIT

Zeron

AI Code Assistants · Developer Tools

2,254

A native, Rust-built control plane that runs and steers Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin, and other coding agents from any device, locally by default with optional CRDT-synced multi-device control.

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78
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82
Technical
78
Dependency
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Rust 90%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Python
97%
MPL 2.0

Taiga Back

Developer Tools · Project Management

854

Self-hosted agile project management backend with Scrum, Kanban, issue tracking, and a full REST API — built on Django and PostgreSQL.

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76
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74
Technical
64
Dependency
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Python 97%
Updated 2 weeks ago
C++
57%
Apache 2.0

Gridex

Databases · Developer Tools

1,521

A native macOS, Windows, and Linux database IDE for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Server, and ClickHouse, with a built-in MCP server and AI chat that reads your schema.

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75
Repo Health
75
Technical
0
Dependency
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C++ 57%
Swift 41%
Updated 1 months ago
TypeScript
97%
MIT

Rudel

Developer Tools

303

Open-source analytics for Claude Code and Codex sessions — a CLI uploads session transcripts to a self-hostable dashboard tracking token usage, session duration, activity patterns, and model usage.

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75
Repo Health
67
Technical
72
Dependency
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TypeScript 97%
Updated 2 weeks ago
Go
71%
MIT

sandboxd

Developer Tools · Devops

955

Self-hosted engine for AI app-builder products: give every user an isolated sandbox, a built-in coding agent, and a live preview URL — one command, no Kubernetes.

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75
Repo Health
83
Technical
69
Dependency
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Go 71%
TypeScript 23%
Updated 2 weeks ago
JavaScript
84%
MIT

Unlighthouse

Developer Tools

4,866

An open-source CLI that scans your entire website with Google Lighthouse, using smart sampling and a modern dashboard UI to audit every page instead of one URL at a time.

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75
Repo Health
70
Technical
79
Dependency
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JavaScript 84%
TypeScript 11%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Rust
99%
MIT

abtop

Developer Tools · Monitoring

3,669

Like htop, but for your AI coding agents — monitor Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode sessions, tokens, context windows, rate limits, and orphan ports all from one terminal screen.

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74
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79
Technical
78
Dependency
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Rust 99%
Updated 3 weeks ago
Go
75%
MIT

Digger

Automation · Developer Tools · Devops

5,044

Run Terraform and OpenTofu natively inside your existing CI pipeline — no separate runners, no third-party secrets, no extra compute costs.

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74
Repo Health
73
Technical
67
Dependency
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Go 75%
TypeScript 15%
Updated 2 weeks ago
TypeScript
99%
MIT

React Cosmos

Developer Tools

8,686

An open-source sandbox for developing and testing React and React Native UI components in isolation, with pluggable bundler support for Vite and Webpack.

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74
Repo Health
69
Technical
73
Dependency
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TypeScript 99%
Updated 2 weeks ago
TypeScript
93%
MIT

bunqueue

Developer Tools · Devops

570

High-performance job queue for Bun — SQLite persistence, cron scheduling, DLQ, S3 backups, and a native MCP server, all without Redis.

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73
Repo Health
83
Technical
72
Dependency
Built with
TypeScript 93%
Updated 1 months ago

About Developer Tools

Developer tools encompass a wide range of applications designed to assist software professionals throughout the entire development lifecycle. These solutions streamline workflows, improve code quality, and accelerate project delivery.

Typical features within this category include version control systems for collaborative code management, integrated development environments (IDEs) offering code completion and debugging capabilities, testing frameworks for automated quality assurance, and build automation tools to package and deploy applications. Furthermore, you’ll find utilities for code analysis, profiling, documentation generation, and project management.

Developer tools address common challenges such as code complexity, testing bottlenecks, deployment errors, and collaboration difficulties. They help teams write cleaner, more reliable code faster, reduce time-to-market for new features, and improve overall software quality. Efficient developer tools are crucial for any modern software project looking to remain competitive and scalable.

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