Choosing developer infrastructure means comparing tools with different roles while separating project health from popularity. This September 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records for each tool’s score, health, shipping, openness, license, and GitHub-star count.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only. Tools are ordered by ToolVitals score descending; when scores are equal, health and shipping determine the order. GitHub stars provide context only and do not determine the ranking.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backstage | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 34335 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Floci | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 98 | 23171 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | LocalAI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 98 | 48877 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Supabase | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 98 | 108859 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Wavelog | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 98 | 522 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Gitea | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 97 | 57835 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | NVIDIA Gym | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 97 | 1168 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | InferenceX | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 97 | 1628 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Hydra Launcher | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 98 | 16822 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Hyperlocalise | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 98 | 19 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Appwrite | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 97 | 97 | 57293 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Artifact Keeper | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 1007 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | CASE | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 7507 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | FlyEnv | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 97 | 97 | 3191 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Mermaid | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 90076 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Mirrord | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 5300 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | NATS | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 20663 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Ocean | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 191 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | OpenScreen | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 2362 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Turbo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 31061 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Vite | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 82694 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Knip | OSI-approved OSS | ISC | 97 | 96 | 12178 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Nhost | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 9287 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | OpenChoreo | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 1471 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | RevealUI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 98 | 4 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Obtainium | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 96 | 97 | 19462 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Tuist | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 97 | 5789 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Worktrunk | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 97 | 6841 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Files | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 44886 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Svix | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 3388 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | 9router | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 95 | 27177 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | Kana Dojo | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 97 | 95 | 3318 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | fff.nvim | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 95 | 10401 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | Dashy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 26392 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 35 | Nextcloud App Store | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 96 | 391 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 36 | OpenRemote | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 96 | 1892 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 37 | Dapr | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 95 | 26071 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 38 | Task | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 16094 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 39 | UniGetUI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 25987 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 40 | skore | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 662 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 41 | Certimate | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 9268 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 42 | Matrixhub | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 94 | 302 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 43 | Univer | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 94 | 14302 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 44 | OneDev | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 96 | 15228 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 45 | Bit | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 18472 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 46 | InfraKitchen | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 116 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 47 | SuperTokens | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 15295 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 48 | neon-vision-editor | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 97 | 410 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 49 | Trailbase | OSI-approved OSS | OSL-3.0 | 94 | 95 | 5593 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 50 | Outpost | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 93 | 1058 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
Top 3 Highlights
Backstage ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 98. Its official site describes it as an open framework for building developer portals. The entry labels it OSI-approved OSS and licenses it under Apache-2.0.
Floci ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 98. It is positioned as an AWS Local Emulator, giving the tool a focused role in local development and testing. The entry labels it OSI-approved OSS and licenses it under MIT.
LocalAI ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 98, and shipping score of 98. Its supplied description presents it as an open-source AI engine for LLM, vision, voice, image, and video models, with no GPU required. The entry labels it OSI-approved OSS and licenses it under MIT.
Want to see the full health, license, shipping, and confidence details for every tool in Developer Infrastructure? Browse all Developer Infrastructure Tools →