Developer Tools

The AI-first code editor

VS Code fork with Claude/GPT built in. Autocomplete, chat, and full codebase awareness. The editor most AI-native engineers use daily.

AI pair programmer by GitHub

Inline completions and chat inside VS Code, JetBrains, and more. Best for devs already deep in the GitHub ecosystem.

Free AI autocomplete

Genuinely free AI code completion. Supports 70+ languages and 40+ editors. Good Copilot alternative if you're cost-sensitive.

AI pair programming in your terminal

CLI tool that edits your entire codebase via chat. Works with any LLM. Ideal for refactors across multiple files.

Best for long context & reasoning

Claude Sonnet/Opus via API. Best-in-class for long documents, structured output, and tool use. Free tier available.

1500 free requests/day

Gemini Flash is fast and genuinely free. 1M token context window. Best free LLM API for automation and prototyping.

Fastest LLM inference on the planet

Runs Llama 3 and Mixtral at insane speed — 500+ tokens/sec. Free tier. Perfect for latency-sensitive applications.

Open-source LLMs via API

Run 50+ open models (Llama, Mistral, DBRX) via one API. $1 free credit on signup. Good for model comparison.

Deploy frontend in seconds

The de-facto standard for Next.js, React, and full-stack JS deployment. Git push = live. Generous free tier.

Deploy anything, no config

Backends, databases, crons — all in one place. Easier than AWS, cheaper than Heroku. $5/mo free credit.

Run full-stack apps globally

Deploys Docker containers close to your users. Persistent volumes, global anycast. Great for Bun/Elixir/Rust.

Edge compute at 300+ locations

Run JS/WASM at the edge, zero cold starts. Free 100k requests/day. Perfect for APIs, auth, and middleware.

Open-source Firebase alternative

Postgres + Auth + Storage + Realtime in one. Free tier is production-viable for side projects. Best DX in the category.

Serverless Postgres

Postgres that scales to zero. Branching support for dev/preview environments. Free tier: 512MB storage.

SQLite at the edge

Distributed SQLite with 8ms global reads. Free tier: 500 databases, 1B row reads. Built on libSQL.

Serverless Redis & Kafka

Redis and message queues with per-request pricing. Free tier: 10k commands/day. Ideal for caching and rate limiting.

Vite-native unit testing

Drop-in Jest replacement that's 5-10x faster. Native ESM, TypeScript, and watch mode out of the box.

Reliable end-to-end testing

Browser automation for Chromium, Firefox, WebKit. Auto-wait, network mocking, visual snapshots. The e2e testing standard.

CI/CD built into GitHub

2,000 free minutes/month for public repos. Massive marketplace of actions. The standard for OSS CI/CD.

High-performance monorepo build system

Caches build outputs locally and in the cloud. Dramatically speeds up CI for monorepos. Now maintained by Vercel.

Project management for engineers

The fastest issue tracker. Keyboard-driven, beautiful, and built for dev teams. Free for small teams.

Supercharged launcher for Mac

Replace Spotlight with a developer-first launcher. GitHub PRs, Jira tickets, API docs — all from one shortcut.

Error tracking and performance monitoring

Catch bugs before users report them. Full stack tracing, source maps, and alerts. Free tier: 5k errors/month.

Open-source product analytics

Analytics, session replays, feature flags, and A/B tests. Self-hostable. Free tier: 1M events/month.