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Apps in Developer Tools

TypeScript
96%
MIT

defuddle

Bookmarks Archiving · Developer Tools

9,537

Extract clean article content and rich metadata from any web page, delivered as HTML or Markdown with zero clutter.

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84
Repo Health
73
Technical
81
Dependency
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TypeScript 96%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
53%
Apache 2.0

Flowsint

Automation · Developer Tools

8,978

A privacy-first, graph-based OSINT investigation platform with 30+ automated enrichers for mapping relationships between domains, IPs, people, and organizations.

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84
Repo Health
71
Technical
67
Dependency
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TypeScript 53%
Python 45%
Updated 2 weeks ago
Rust
94%
Apache 2.0

herdr

AI Agents · Developer Tools

41,057

A terminal-native agent multiplexer that runs Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other coding agents side by side in real, persistent panes you can detach from and reattach to from anywhere.

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84
Repo Health
84
Technical
72
Dependency
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Rust 94%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Go
95%
MIT

cli

Developer Tools · Team Chat

17,477

The official Lark/Feishu CLI tool built for both humans and AI agents, delivering 200+ commands and 26 AI agent skills across 18 business domains from messaging and calendar to docs, sheets, and approvals.

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84
Repo Health
83
Technical
75
Dependency
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Go 95%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Rust
47%
Apache 2.0

magika

Developer Tools · Security

18,679

AI-powered file type detection that identifies 200+ content types with ~99% accuracy in milliseconds using a compact deep learning model.

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84
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85
Technical
73
Dependency
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Rust 47%
YARA 16%
Python 12%
Updated 2 weeks ago
C
55%
Apache 2.0

Colibri

AI Development · Developer Tools

37,989

A pure-C, zero-dependency inference engine that runs GLM-5.2's 744-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model on consumer hardware with roughly 25GB of RAM by streaming experts from disk like a JIT compiler stages hot code.

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83
Repo Health
86
Technical
76
Dependency
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C 55%
Python 33%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Zig
78%
MIT

Ghostty

Developer Tools

61,619

Fast, native, feature-rich terminal emulator with GPU acceleration and an embeddable libghostty library for building custom terminals

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83
Repo Health
89
Technical
0
Dependency
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Zig 78%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Rust
95%
Apache 2.0

obscura

AI Agents · Developer Tools

28,080

A lightweight, stealthy headless browser written in Rust — drop-in compatible with Puppeteer and Playwright, built for AI agents and web scraping at scale.

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83
Repo Health
79
Technical
72
Dependency
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Rust 95%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
83%
AGPL 3.0

Recordly

Design Tools · Developer Tools · Productivity

31,588

Free, open-source screen recorder and editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux that auto-adds zooms, cursor polish, webcam overlays, and styled frames to your screen captures without any motion-design skills.

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83
Repo Health
82
Technical
70
Dependency
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TypeScript 83%
Updated 2 weeks ago
TypeScript
67%
Apache 2.0

tabularis

Databases · Developer Tools

5,076

Open-source desktop SQL workspace with built-in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite drivers, SQL notebooks, a visual query builder, and a built-in MCP server for AI agents like Claude and Cursor.

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83
Repo Health
89
Technical
70
Dependency
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TypeScript 67%
Rust 32%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Go
32%
Apache 2.0

CubeSandbox

AI Agents · Developer Tools · Security

12,728

Instant, concurrent, hardware-isolated MicroVM sandboxes for AI agents — E2B-API compatible, sub-60ms cold starts, and a built-in zero-trust egress proxy, all self-hostable at scale.

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82
Repo Health
88
Technical
63
Dependency
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Go 32%
Rust 26%
C 22%
Updated 2 weeks ago
PHP
82%
MIT

Databasement

Databases · Developer Tools · Devops

2,468

Self-hosted database backup manager with a web UI for scheduling, encrypting, and restoring MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, SQLite, Firebird, and Redis to S3, SFTP, Samba, or local storage.

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82
Repo Health
77
Technical
69
Dependency
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PHP 82%
Blade 16%
Updated 1 weeks ago
Rust
80%
MIT

fabro

Developer Tools · Devops

1,658

Define AI agent workflows as code graphs, route tasks across any LLM, and intervene only where it matters.

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82
Repo Health
83
Technical
67
Dependency
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Rust 80%
TypeScript 15%
Updated 1 weeks ago
TypeScript
62%
Other

Flowise

AI Development · Automation · Developer Tools

55,490

Drag-and-drop visual builder for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and multi-agent systems—deploy anywhere in minutes.

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82
Repo Health
77
Technical
63
Dependency
Built with
TypeScript 62%
JavaScript 27%
Updated 1 months ago
Go
97%
Apache 2.0

infracost

Developer Tools · Devops

12,539

Infracost shows cloud cost estimates for Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK before you deploy — in your terminal, editor, AI coding agent, and pull requests.

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82
Repo Health
78
Technical
67
Dependency
Built with
Go 97%
Updated 2 weeks 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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