Developer Tools
Developer Infrastructure
Developer platforms, internal tooling, SDKs, CLIs, and infrastructure for builders.
Best Developer Infrastructure tools by public signals
These picks are computed from scored public evidence. Use the openness column in the ranking to separate OSI-approved, source-available, open-core, proprietary, and unverified-license tools.
Use Case Rankings
Ordered by ToolVitals score, health, shipping, confidence, and then adoption as a tie-breaker.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Openness | Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Supabase Open-source Firebase alternative | 98 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 107.3k | 98 | Active |
| 02 | Gitea Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD | 98 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 57.1k | 98 | Active |
| 03 | Svix The open source and enterprise-ready webhooks service 🦀 | 96 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.3k | 98 | Active |
| 04 | Ocean Developer portal integration platform. | 96 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 185 | 98 | Active |
| 05 | LocalAI LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required. | 95 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 48k | 98 | Active |
| 06 | Dapr Dapr is a portable runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge, combining event-driven architecture with workflow orchestration. | 95 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 26k | 98 | Active |
| 07 | Knip ✂️ Find unused files, dependencies and exports in your JavaScript and TypeScript projects. Knip it before you ship it! | 95 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 11.9k | 98 | Active |
| 08 | Backstage Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals | 95 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 34k | 97 | Active |
| 09 | Tuist Developer platform for managing and generating app projects. | 95 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 5.8k | 97 | Active |
| 10 | NATS High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. | 93 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 20.4k | 97 | Active |
| 11 | Artifact Keeper Open-source universal artifact registry. Drop-in Artifactory/Nexus alternative with 40+ package formats, security scanning, WASM plugins, and edge replication. | 93 | 100 | OSI-approved OSS | 882 | 97 | Active |
| 12 | Task A fast, cross-platform build tool inspired by Make, designed for modern workflows. | 95 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 15.9k | 96 | Active |
| 13 | Nextcloud App Store :convenience_store: App Store for Nextcloud | 93 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 389 | 96 | Active |
| 14 | Hydra Launcher Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need | 95 | 93 | OSI-approved OSS | 16.5k | 95 | Active |
| 15 | Liveblocks Realtime infrastructure for multiplayer apps and agents | 93 | 93 | License unknown | 4.7k | 95 | Active |
| 16 | Trailbase An open, sub-millisecond, single-executable Firebase alternative with type-safe APIs, built-in WebAssembly runtime, realtime subscriptions, auth, and admin UI built on Rust, SQLite & Wasmtime. | 92 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 5.4k | 95 | Active |
| 17 | Wavelog Webbased Amateur Radio Logging Software - Log your contacts from everywhere! | 93 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 493 | 94 | Active |
| 18 | Docuseal Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️ | 86 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 18.2k | 93 | Active |
| 19 | File Browser 📂 Web File Browser | 93 | 89 | OSI-approved OSS | 35.7k | 92 | Active |
| 20 | Appwrite Appwrite® - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more | 92 | 87 | OSI-approved OSS | 56.7k | 92 | Active |
| 21 | Dashy 🚀 A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more! | 92 | 87 | OSI-approved OSS | 26.1k | 92 | Active |
| 22 | Geopulse A self-hosted, privacy-first location timeline platform: an open-source alternative to Google Timeline with automatic trip detection, Immich integration, and rich analytics. | 88 | 90 | License unknown | 1.3k | 91 | Active |
| 23 | Files A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders. | 87 | 87 | OSI-approved OSS | 44.5k | 90 | Active |
| 24 | Univer Build AI-native spreadsheets. Univer is a full-stack framework for creating and editing spreadsheets on both web and server. With Univer Platform, Univer Spreadsheets is driven directly through natural language. | 85 | 87 | OSI-approved OSS | 14k | 90 | Active |
| 25 | Usertour Usertour is an open-source user onboarding platform. It allows you to create in-app product tours, checklists, and surveys in minutes—effortlessly and with full control.The open-source alternative to Userflow and Appcues | 81 | 93 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.1k | 90 | Active |
| 26 | SwanLab ⚡️SwanLab - an open-source, modern-design AI training tracking and visualization tool. Supports Cloud / Self-hosted use. Integrated with PyTorch / Transformers / verl / LLaMA Factory / ms-swift / Ultralytics / MMEngine / Keras etc. | 88 | 81 | OSI-approved OSS | 4.1k | 89 | Active |
| 27 | neon-vision-editor Lightweight macOS code editor with syntax highlighting. | 85 | 93 | OSI-approved OSS | 359 | 89 | Active |
| 28 | CASE Lightweight backend-as-a-service with essential features. | 77 | 98 | OSI-approved OSS | 7.3k | 88 | Active |
| 29 | RevealUI Agentic business runtime for users, content, products, payments, and AI. | 77 | 95 | OSI-approved OSS | 4 | 87 | Active |
| 30 | Paddler Open-source LLM/VLM load balancer and serving platform for self-hosting LLMs (and VLMs) at scale 🏓🦙 Alternative to projects like llm-d, Docker Model Runner, etc but with less moving parts and simple deployments built around ggml ecosystem. Runs on CPU and GPU. | 77 | 90 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.6k | 87 | Active |
| 31 | Daytona Daytona is a Secure and Elastic Infrastructure for Running AI-Generated Code | 93 | 66 | License unknown | 72.1k | 86 | Active |
| 32 | NVIDIA Gym Evaluate and improve models and agents using environments. | 84 | 83 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.1k | 86 | Active |
| 33 | xlings Highly abstract [ package manager ] - "Multi-version management + Everything can be a package" | 81 | 87 | OSI-approved OSS | 596 | 85 | Active |
| 34 | ShareX ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations. | 78 | 82 | OSI-approved OSS | 38.9k | 85 | Active |
| 35 | Matrixhub An Open-source, self-hosted AI model hub with Hugging Face compatibility, accelerating vLLM/SGLang performance. | 77 | 83 | OSI-approved OSS | 257 | 85 | Active |
| 36 | PlainApp 🔥 PlainApp is an open-source app that lets you securely manage your phone from a web browser. Access files, media, contacts, SMS, calls, and more through a simple, easy-to-use interface on your desktop. | 80 | 82 | OSI-approved OSS | 6.3k | 84 | Active |
| 37 | RapidKit Open-source workspace platform for teams building and deploying backend services. | 79 | 76 | OSI-approved OSS | 8 | 84 | Active |
| 38 | Kana Dojo Aesthetic, minimalist platform for learning Japanese inspired by Duolingo and Monkeytype, built with Next.js and sponsored by Vercel. Beginner-friendly with plenty of good first issues - all contributions are welcome! | 79 | 76 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.1k | 82 | Active |
| 39 | Portr Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet | 80 | 66 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.1k | 79 | Active |
| 40 | Carbon Carbon is an open source ERP, MES and QMS for manufacturing. Perfect for complex assembly, contract manufacturing, and configure to order manufacturing. | 79 | 69 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.3k | 79 | Active |
| 41 | Collabora Online Collabora Online is a collaborative online office suite based on LibreOffice technology. This is also the source for the Collabora Office apps for iOS and Android. | 85 | 52 | License unknown | 3.3k | 78 | Warning |
| 42 | InferenceX Continuous inference benchmarking for model comparison. | 77 | 72 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.3k | 78 | Active |
| 43 | SearXNG SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | 77 | 72 | OSI-approved OSS | 34.7k | 77 | Active |
| 44 | gogs Gogs is a painless self-hosted Git service | 73 | 60 | OSI-approved OSS | 47.7k | 75 | Warning |
| 45 | Markitdown Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. | 86 | 36 | OSI-approved OSS | 170.4k | 74 | Warning |
| 46 | KubeUI Kubernetes User Interface | 77 | 51 | OSI-approved OSS | 321 | 73 | Warning |
| 47 | GitHub Where the world builds software | 76 | 55 | Proprietary target | — | 73 | Active |
| 48 | Voicebox The open-source AI voice studio. Clone, dictate, create. | 74 | 49 | OSI-approved OSS | 47.4k | 72 | Warning |
| 49 | HiveMQ HiveMQ CE is a Java-based open source MQTT broker that fully supports MQTT 3.x and MQTT 5. It is the foundation of the HiveMQ Enterprise Connectivity and Messaging Platform | 65 | 60 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.2k | 72 | Warning |
| 50 | devtools Developer tools for Flutter & Dart | 73 | 51 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.7k | 71 | Warning |
| 51 | Mwmbl An open source, non-profit web search engine | 64 | 63 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.8k | 71 | Warning |
| 52 | Lapce Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust | 79 | 35 | OSI-approved OSS | 38.7k | 70 | Warning |
| 53 | Advertising Hub The open-source one-stop shop for advertising platform APIs, MCP servers, AI agents, and PPC automation. 14 platforms (Google Ads, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify, TTD, Criteo). 25+ AI agent | 77 | 40 | OSI-approved OSS | 29 | 70 | Warning |
| 54 | OpenGrok OpenGrok is a fast and usable source code search and cross reference engine, written in Java | 70 | 41 | License unknown | 4.9k | 68 | Warning |
| 55 | EmailFilter Self-hosted, privacy-focused email validation 📨🔐 | 67 | 51 | License unknown | 55 | 67 | Warning |
| 56 | VoxCPM VoxCPM2: Tokenizer-Free TTS for Multilingual Speech Generation, Creative Voice Design, and True-to-Life Cloning | 66 | 41 | OSI-approved OSS | 34.6k | 67 | Warning |
| 57 | Pluely A privacy-first AI assistant that works seamlessly during meetings. | 69 | 34 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.4k | 65 | Warning |
| 58 | Nyrkiö Open-source platform for detecting performance changes in continuous performance engineering workflows. | 62 | 48 | OSI-approved OSS | 68 | 64 | Warning |
| 59 | Gitpod The developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software faster and more securely. | 69 | 34 | OSI-approved OSS | 13.7k | 63 | Warning |
| 60 | DevGlobe IDE extension suite for DevGlobe workflow tooling. | 57 | 41 | OSI-approved OSS | 211 | 63 | Warning |
| 61 | VibeVoice Open-Source Frontier Voice AI | 73 | 24 | OSI-approved OSS | 51.3k | 62 | Warning |
| 62 | OpenLLM Run any open-source LLMs, such as DeepSeek and Llama, as OpenAI compatible API endpoint in the cloud. | 73 | 7 | OSI-approved OSS | 12.4k | 59 | Warning |
| 63 | LitServe A minimal Python framework for building custom AI inference servers with full control over logic, batching, and scaling. | 68 | 7 | OSI-approved OSS | 3.9k | 56 | Warning |
| 64 | Tach A Python tool to visualize + enforce dependencies, using modular architecture 🌎 Open source 🐍 Installable via pip 🔧 Able to be adopted incrementally - ⚡ Implemented with no runtime impact ♾️ Interoperable with your existing systems 🦀 Written in rust | 53 | 27 | OSI-approved OSS | 2.8k | 55 | Warning |
| 65 | Amplication Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams. | 56 | 4 | OSI-approved OSS | 16k | 51 | Warning |
| 66 | EmitHQ Open-source webhook infrastructure platform. | 53 | 10 | OSI-approved OSS | 0 | 51 | Warning |
| 67 | IT Tools Collection of handy online tools for developers, with great UX. | 64 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 40k | 49 | Warning |
| 68 | Workout Cool 🏋 Modern open-source fitness coaching platform. Create workout plans, track progress, and access a comprehensive exercise database. | 59 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 8.2k | 48 | Warning |
| 69 | Ducker A slightly quackers Docker TUI based on k9s 🦆 | 40 | 4 | OSI-approved OSS | 913 | 41 | Critical |
| 70 | Orchitect Prototype internal developer platform. | 38 | 7 | OSI-approved OSS | 0 | 40 | Critical |
| 71 | GitHubDaily 坚持分享 GitHub 上高质量、有趣实用的开源技术教程、开发者工具、编程网站、技术资讯。A list cool, interesting projects of GitHub. | 38 | 0 | License unknown | 47.3k | 38 | Critical |
| 72 | CodeEdit 📝 CodeEdit App for macOS – Elevate your code editing experience. Open source, free forever. | 35 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 23k | 34 | Critical |
| 73 | Lintra Managed IT platform and self-hosted alternative to Microsoft 365 for small businesses. | 31 | 7 | License unknown | 0 | 34 | Critical |
| 74 | Every App Open-source personal software platform. | 27 | 4 | License unknown | 47 | 33 | Critical |
| 75 | unlingo Developer platform for modern internationalization and translation delivery. | 26 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 11 | 33 | Critical |
| 76 | ByHun Decentralized app store for cross-platform web apps. | 24 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 1 | 32 | Critical |
| 77 | Cortex ML ops platform for deploying and serving models. | 27 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 8k | 31 | Critical |
| 78 | SelfDB Self-hosted, open-source alternative to Supabase and Firebase. | 28 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 153 | 30 | Critical |
| 79 | xplr A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer | 27 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 4.8k | 30 | Critical |
| 80 | OpenSource Survey The Open Source Survey. | 28 | 0 | License unknown | 534 | 29 | Critical |
| 81 | Joe Bot A general-purpose bot library inspired by Hubot but written in Go. :robot: | 28 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 476 | 29 | Critical |
| 82 | Beery Open-source app store for open-source software. | 24 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 1 | 29 | Critical |
| 83 | HookBytes Self-hosted webhook management platform for creating, routing, and monitoring webhooks. | 18 | 0 | License unknown | 6 | 27 | Critical |
| 84 | Octotree GitHub on steroids | 16 | 0 | OSI-approved OSS | 23.2k | 27 | Critical |
Evidence Watch
Tracked tools with useful public signals but no verdict score yet.
A11y Logger
Offline-first accessibility program management tool.
86 confidenceAraa Search
A privacy-respecting, ad-free, self-hosted Google metasearch engine with strong security that offers full API support and utilizes Qwant for images, and DuckDuckGo for auto-complete.
62 confidenceArchiveBox
🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...
100 confidencearkade
Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools
95 confidenceAssemblyScript
A TypeScript-like language for WebAssembly.
100 confidenceBIMFlowSuite
Cloud-native BIM automation platform for generating, analyzing, and managing IFC files.
62 confidenceBit
AI-powered development workspaces with reusable components, architectural clarity and zero overhead.
99 confidenceCertimate
An open-source and free self-hosted SSL certificates ACME tool, automates the full-cycle of issuance, deployment, renewal, and monitoring visually. 完全开源免费的自托管 SSL 证书 ACME 工具,申请、部署、续期、监控全流程自动化可视化,支持各大主流云厂商。
82 confidenceConduit
Batteries-included backend that works with any stack.
94 confidenceDante Cloud
Cloud-native microservices foundation platform.
85 confidenceDetermined
Open-source machine learning platform for distributed training, hyperparameter tuning, experiment tracking, and resource management.
78 confidenceDevOps-Factory
Automated DevOps for multi-project management.
71 confidenceDevS69-sdetkit
Developer productivity and QA automation toolkit for reliable workflows and fast feedback.
88 confidenceDevSphere
Developer platform for real-time communication, object storage, and API management.
71 confidenceEndatix Hub
End-user form management backend application for SurveyJS projects.
97 confidenceEnvelops
Open source dotenvx ops platform.
88 confidenceescrcpy
Graphical Android device control tool built on scrcpy.
86 confidencefff.nvim
The fastest and the most accurate file search toolkit for AI agents, Neovim, Rust, C, and NodeJS
100 confidenceFloci
Light, fluffy, and always free - AWS Local Emulator
99 confidenceFluxbase
Backend-as-a-service alternative for Supabase.
100 confidenceForgePortal
Open-source internal developer portal for self-hosted teams.
86 confidenceFrontstage
Lightweight open-source developer portal and Backstage alternative.
57 confidenceGDevelop
🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.
100 confidenceGitHub Store
🩵 A free, open-source app store for GitHub releases — browse, discover, and install apps with one click. Powered by Kotlin and Compose Multiplatform for Android & Desktop (Linux, MacOS, Windows).
100 confidenceGitSocial
Git-native cross-forge collaboration platform.
82 confidenceGitti
Lightweight terminal UI for git operations.
85 confidenceHagiCode Desktop
Electron desktop app for installing, running, monitoring, and updating HagiCode on developer machines.
94 confidenceHooketh
Open-source webhook management platform built with Laravel.
85 confidenceHookPipe
Open-source webhook infrastructure with typed providers and retry routing.
89 confidenceHopp
The best OSS remote pair programming app.
98 confidenceHyperlocalise
CLI for translating apps, websites, and content with AI.
90 confidenceiDescriptor
A free, open-source, and cross-platform iDevice management tool
88 confidenceIII
iii unifies your existing backend stack with a single engine and three primitives: Function, Trigger, and Worker.
100 confidenceInfraKitchen
InfraKitchen is an open source Developer Platform that brings Platform Engineering practices to infrastructure management. Created by SRE team. Proven at Electrolux.
99 confidenceKuzzle
Backend server with REST APIs for core backend needs.
100 confidenceLIME
Open-source web accessibility auditing platform.
94 confidenceMembrowse
Track and analyze binary size and memory footprint in embedded firmware.
100 confidenceMermaid
Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
100 confidenceMirrord
Connect your local process and your cloud environment, and run local code in cloud conditions.
99 confidenceMOSS-TTS
Open-source speech and sound generation model family.
83 confidenceNhost
The Open Source Firebase Alternative with GraphQL.
100 confidenceObtainium
Get Android app updates straight from the source.
82 confidenceOneDev
Git Server with CI/CD, Kanban, and Packages. Seamless integration. Unparalleled experience.
97 confidenceONLYOFFICE Docs
ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.
100 confidenceOpenApps
Discover, compare, and deploy open source alternatives to popular SaaS tools.
57 confidenceOpenChoreo
Developer platform for Kubernetes.
99 confidenceOpenformStack
Open source form backend that collects form submissions without backend code.
71 confidenceOpenRemote
100% open-source IoT Platform - Integrate your devices, add intelligence, build custom apps
100 confidenceOpenScreen
Create stunning demos for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.
98 confidenceOpenWebhooks API
Open-source infrastructure for reliable webhook delivery.
62 confidenceOptiKey
Assistive computer control and speech system driven by eye tracking.
62 confidenceOutpost
Open Source Outbound Webhooks and Event Destinations Infrastructure
100 confidencePanora
Open-Sourcing the integration engine our platform runs on
81 confidencePEAC
Portable signed proof for agent, API, and MCP interactions.
100 confidencePictRider
Pairwise testing on the web.
82 confidencePortless
Stable named local URLs instead of port numbers for humans and agents.
98 confidencePostCSS
Transforming styles with JS plugins
100 confidenceprojectile
Project Interaction Library for Emacs
98 confidenceReview Board
Extensible code review tool for teams and companies.
100 confidenceRootstock Developer Portal
Developer portal for Rootstock.
92 confidenceScreenity
The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥
92 confidenceshellcheck
ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts
73 confidenceSitecore Developer Portal
Open-source developer portal for Sitecore developers.
93 confidenceskore
Open-source Python library for ML model development and evaluation.
100 confidenceSlurm-web
Open source web interface for Slurm HPC and AI clusters.
94 confidenceSolid Project
Solid - Re-decentralizing the web (project directory)
83 confidenceStarscreener
Live GitHub trend platform with real ingestion, trending, breakouts, categories, MCP, CLI, and SSE.
93 confidenceSuperTokens
Open source alternative to Auth0 / Firebase Auth / AWS Cognito
99 confidenceTermBeam
Beam your terminal to any device with multi-session support.
98 confidenceTermCanvas
Infinite canvas desktop app for visually managing terminals.
88 confidenceTerminalLearning
Free open-source platform to learn the terminal by doing.
71 confidenceterraform-docs
Generates documentation from Terraform modules.
85 confidenceTurbo
Build system optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust
100 confidenceUniGetUI
UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers
82 confidenceurbalurba infrastructure
Zero-friction developer platform for building, testing, and deploying modern apps.
85 confidenceVagrant
Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.
88 confidenceVite
Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!
100 confidencevLLM Studio
Control panel for VLLM, Sglang, llama.cpp, exllamav3
90 confidencevokoscreenNG
vokoscreenNG is a powerful screencast creator in many languages to record the screen, an area or a window (Linux only). Recording of audio from multiple sources is supported. With the built-in camera support, you can make your video more personal. Other tools such as systray, magnifying glass, countdown, timer, Showclick and Halo support will help
88 confidenceWaveTerm
Open-source AI-integrated, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows.
100 confidenceWeave
Entity-level git merge driver. Resolves false conflicts git invents when independent agents edit the same file. ~95% reduction vs. line-based merge.
88 confidenceWebVM
Virtual Machine for the Web
80 confidenceWorktrunk
Worktrunk is a CLI for Git worktree management, designed for parallel AI agent workflows
94 confidenceXPack MCP Marketplace
Open-source MCP monetization platform and marketplace.
94 confidence