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awesome-developer-first
A curated list of awesome developer-first tools products.
https://github.com/agamm/awesome-developer-first
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Analytics
- Baremetrics - Subscription analytics for Stripe.
- Heap - Product analytics API for web and mobile, captures all events.
- Mixpanel - Product analytics and dashboards.
- Pirsch - Privacy-friendly web analytics with a backend integration and API.
- PoeticMetric - Privacy-first, regulation-compliant, blazingly fast analytics tool.
- Segment - Collect user data and send it to your other tools.
- Plausible - Simple, privacy-friendly, and open-source web analytics tool. [](https://github.com/plausible/analytics)
- devActivity - Contributions analytics with AI Insights, Performance Review, Retrospectives and Gamifications.
- PoeticMetric - Privacy-first, regulation-compliant, fast analytics tool.
- PostHog - Open-source product analytics platform. [](https://github.com/posthog/posthog) [](https://launchweek.dev)
- Tinybird - Real-time data streams to APIs. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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Authentication & Identity
- Aserto - Cloud-native authorization for applications and APIs.
- Auth0 - Authentication & authorization as a service.
- AWS cognito - AWS's authentication as a service.
- BoxyHQ Enterprise SSO - Open-source API for enterprise SSO and Directory Sync.
- Clerk - Authentication and user management platform for React, React Native, and Next.js.
- Corbado - Passkey-first authentication as a service.
- Firebase Auth - Google Firebase's take on authentication.
- FusionAuth - Security-centric authentication as a Service, including self-hosting.
- Hanko - Passwordless (WebAuthn API) PSD2, eIDAS, and GDPR compliant. [](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko)
- LoginRadius - Managed user authentication service with SSO.
- Magic.link - Passwordless (email-based) log in as a service.
- Okta - Embeddable authentication with SSO.
- Ory - Open-source identity & access-control solutions (also available as a service).
- Oso - Authorization framework (RBAC).
- SuperTokens - Open-source and hosted email & Oauth authentication with prebuilt UI. 
- Userfront - Simplistic user authentication with pre-built back-office dashboard.
- Kinde - Authentification and user management as a service.
- MojoAuth - Complete CIAM solution with Enterprise SSO and extensive out-of-the-box enterprise features.
- Stytch - All-in-one authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention infrastructure.
- Aserto - Cloud-native authorization for applications and APIs.
- Permit.io - Permissions and access-control as a service. [](https://launchweek.dev)
- PropelAuth - Team-based authentication. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
- Stack Auth - Open-source Auth0 alternative. [](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
- WorkOS - Enterprise SSO and more out-of-the-box enterprise features. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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Automation
- n8n - Free and source-available fair-code licensed workflow automation tool. 
- Trigger.dev - Open-source platform to create workflows from APIs, on a schedule or on demand. 
- Lil'bots - Create and deploy automation scripts in JavaScript or Python and deploy them to the cloud instantly, with free built-in APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and more.
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CI/CD
- CircleCI - YML to configure your builds, parallel jobs, jobs marketplace.
- Depot - Drop-in replacement to build Docker images faster in CI.
- GitLab - Open-source CI and hosted solution with Github-like abilities.
- Spacelift - CI/CD platform for infrastructure-as-code, currently supporting Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Kubernetes.
- Gitpod - Automated cloud dev environments. [](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod)
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CMS (headless)
- Contentful - CMS as an API.
- ElegantCMS - Headless CMS builder.
- Ghost - Blog platform, can be used as headless CMS (ex. [with Hexo](https://ghost.org/docs/api/v3/hexo/)). [](https://github.com/tryghost/ghost)
- Sanity - Headless CMS, treat content as data.
- Strapi - Open-source headless CMS, 100% JavaScript. [](https://github.com/strapi/strapi)
- DatoCMS - API-based CMS.
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Code Quality
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Computer Vision
- Clarifai - Set of computer vision APIs.
- CloudSight - Digital media brand recognition.
- Google Vision AI - Google's AI vision APIs.
- Roboflow - Simplified computer vision model creation for developers.
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Databases & Spreadsheets
- Airtable - Database and spreadsheet hybrid with an API.
- Apitable - API-oritented Airtable alternative.
- CrateDB - Distributed open-source SQL database for real-time analytics. 
- Neuledge - Abstract ORM with a universal schema language for any kind of database.
- PlanetScale - Hosted managed MySQL database, CI integration & auto scaling.
- Supabase - Hosted and open source managed postgres DB like firebase. 
- Upstash - Serverless tailored redis provider.
- CrateDB - Distributed open-source SQL database for real-time analytics. 
- Neon - Serverless Postgres database with scale-to-zero, branching, autoscaling. [](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon)
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Debugging
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Deployment Hosting
- Adaptable - Deploy apps and DBs via common templates.
- Cyclic.sh - Full stack app hosting (including dynamo db and s3).
- DeployBot - REST API to trigger deployments from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
- Digital Ocean App Platform - Deploy and don't care about infrastructure, works with all major frameworks.
- Fly.io - Deploy dockerized full stack apps via a location-aware service (latency reduction).
- Heroku - Deploy via CLI to scalable servers.
- Kinsta - Deploy static sites, apps, and databases from GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and host headless WordPress.
- Koyeb - Serverless platform for deploying full-stack apps and APIs in minutes.
- Netlify - Deploy JAMStack (mainly Gatsby) via CLI.
- Platform.sh - Continuously deploy full-stack apps.
- Qoddi - Git connected app hosting platform.
- Quix - One tool to build and run event streaming applications.
- Render - Deploy from git to a CDN with SSL.
- Vercel - Cloud platform for building and deploying serverless web applications, static websites, and Jamstack (mainly Next.js) projects.
- Zeabur - One click deployment for frontend, backend and databases services.
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Localization
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Discussions
- Bazaarvoice - Ratings, reviews as a service.
- Commento - Privacy centric embeddable comment system.
- MuutIo - Tools to create a community-driven app.
- Yotpo - Reviews ratings and Q&A as a service.
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Documentation
- Bump.sh - API documentation and change management solution.
- DeveloperHub - Collaborative developer documentation platform.
- Mintlify - AI powered code documentation, IDE extension (open source). 
- ReadMe - Personalized and dynamic developer docs.
- Swimm - Docs that are coupled with your code, auto-synced, works with your IDE.
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Environment & Secret Management
- 1Password Secrets Automation - Secrets management with integration to 1Password.
- Doppler - Environment variable management across projects, in one place.
- Envkey - Environment management with syncing mechanism for all apps.
- Ubiq - Encryption APIs wiht secret management.
- Vault - API driven secret key management.
- 1Password Secrets Automation - Secrets management with integration to 1Password.
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Feature Flags
- Flagsmith - Feature flags-as-a-service platform simplified.
- LaunchDarkly - Feature flags-as-a-service platform.
- Split - Feature flags platform with data analytics.
- GrowthBook - Open-source feature flag and experimentation platform. [](https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook)
- Unleash - Open-source, privacy-first, and enterprise-ready feature management solution. [](https://github.com/unleash/unleash)
- Statsig - All-in-one platform spanning across analytics, feature flagging, and A/B testing. Free for up to 1m metered events per month.
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GEO
- Mapbox - Maps and locations products for devs.
- OpenCage - Forward and reverse geocoding API based on open data.
- PlaceKit - Locations search API.
- Radar - Geofencing and geo APIs.
- SmartyStreets - US Reverse Geocoding and Address Verification APIs.
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IDE
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Infrastructure as Code
- Pulumi - Developer-first IaC with Python, TypeScript, Go and more languages...
- Terraform - DSL, open-source and free (paid solution adds team management, policy-as-code...). [](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform)
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Integrations
- Apideck - Integration marketplace builder, one-API with 3rd parties for quick development.
- Revert - Open-source unified API to build B2B product integrations. 
- Sequin - Interface with third-party services using SQL.
- Vessel - Developer-first, native integration platform for GTM tools.
- Panora - Easy, flexible API to add customer-facing integrations to your SaaS product. [](https://github.com/panoratech/panora)
- YepCode - Build and run serverless functions with the best development experience.
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Mail
- Anymail finder - Verify and find email APIs.
- FormSpree - Receive form submissions by email.
- Hunter.io - Email lead and validation APIs.
- Imitate Email - End-to-end email testing tool.
- Lob - Email and address verification.
- Mailgun - Send, track, and receive emails.
- Resend - Email API to build, test, and deliver transactional emails.
- Sendgrid - Email API.
- Loops - REST API to manage contact properties, send events and transactional emails.
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Media
- APITemplate.io - APIs to generate images and PDFs from reusable templates.
- Cloudinary - Optimize, create, manage, and deliver images and videos.
- Dyte - Build powerful live experiences in your product with an all-in-one Video SDK.
- ImageKit - Automate image optimization, transformation, and delivery.
- imgix - Transforms, optimizes, and cache images.
- Mux - APIs to upload, manage, and stream video.
- Pintura - A fully configurable JavaScript image editor SDK.
- imgix - Transforms, optimizes, and cache images.
- Flatfile - Programmatically import data from files so it's API-ready.
- imgix - Transforms, optimizes, and cache images.
- Bytescale - File storage and processing APIs.
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Messaging
- Ably - Pub/sub, real-time messaging, notifications, chat, multiplayer and data synchronization.
- Knock - Notifications as a service.
- MagicBell - Real-time notification system with API & UI components.
- Stream - Feed and chat as a service.
- Twilio - SMS, push notifications, and VoIP APIs.
- Vonage - Video, SMS, chat, and voice APIs.
- Novu - Open-source notification (Email, SMS, Direct, and Push) management. [](https://github.com/novuhq/novu)
- Vonage - Video, SMS, chat, and voice APIs.
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Misc
- Actyx - Developer-first factory building.
- Interval - SDK to build internal tools and scripts for your product.
- ngrok - Generate public URLs for internal servers (behind NAT/firewall).
- Nylas - APIs for productivity workflows (email, calendar, contacts...) - like plaid for productivity.
- Plain - API-first customer service platform (support, feedback, rating widgets...).
- Volta - Fast, elegant GitHub desktop and web app.
- Defer - Serverless Node.js background jobs.
- Docusign - APIs for eSignature, and Intelligent Agreement Management.
- Defer - Serverless Node.js background jobs.
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Monitoring
- Airbrake - Error monitoring in production.
- Better Stack - Uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages.
- KeenIO - Event streaming platform.
- LogRocket - Replay bugs users had.
- Rollbar - Reports errors in production.
- Sentry - Application monitoring for bugs and performance.
- Sentry - Application monitoring for bugs and performance.
- Highlight.io - Full-stack monitoring platform. [](https://github.com/highlight/highlight)
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Natural Language Processing
- DialogFlow - Voice/text chatbot framework by Google.
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Orchestration
- AWS Step Functions - Visual workflow service to build distributed applications and automate processes
- Camunda- Platform - Workflow engine that delivers scalable, on-demand process automation.
- Abstra - Python-based workflow engine for custom business processes. [](https://github.com/abstra-app/abstra-lib)
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Payments & Pricing
- Braintree - Paypal's take on API-first payments.
- Increase - Bare-metal banking APIs.
- LemonSqueezy - SaaS payments - covers more countries and takes care of VAT Tax.
- OpenMeter - Open-source usage metering for billing and chargeback.
- Paddle - Revenue delivery platform for SaaS with broad geographical support (unlike stripe at the moment).
- Plaid - Accept, send ACH (bank transfers) and get bank information.
- Stigg - API-first pricing plans.
- Stripe Payments - Accept payments and move money globally with APIs.
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Repo
- Artifactory - Create your own package repository.
- Cloudsmith - Cloud-native private package management.
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Reports Generation
- Carbone - JSON into PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODS... API.
- DocRaptor - HTML to PDF API built specifically for Paged Media using the [Prince](https://www.princexml.com/) PDF library.
- Export SDK - PDF generator API with visual template editor.
- Image-Charts - Chart as Image API for reports, PDFs and more.
- PDFBlade - HTML to PDF API usage based pricing.
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Scraping
- Apify - Turn websites to an API.
- browserless - Browser automation deployed to the could. 
- Crawlbase - Scrape hard-to-scrape websites with proxies.
- ScrapingANT - Scrape with headless chrome.
- ScrapingBee - Using headless browsers and proxies to scrape without being blocked.
- SearchApi - Real-time Google SERP API.
- SerpApi - Real-time search engine scraping API.
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Search
- Algolia - Search as a service and full suite of search APIs.
- Swiftype - Search as a service (crawlers and React ready).
- Websolr - Open-source and hosted search with Solr.
- Meilisearch - Open-source, fast and relevant search engine. [](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch)
- Typesense Cloud - Open-source and hosted search as a Service. [](https://github.com/typesense/typesense)
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Security
- Bearer - Static application security testing (SAST) tool for JavaScript and Ruby stacks.
- GitGuardian - Real-time GitHub activity scanner.
- Infisical - Open-source, end-to-end encrypted secrets manager. 
- Snyk - Vulnerability scanner for code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code.
- Socket - Detect and block open-source supply chain attacks.
- Pixee - Automated vulnerability remediation. Fixes vulnerabilities and hardens code.
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Shipping
- EasyPost - Shipping APIs for e-commerce.
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Testing
- Applitools - Automated visual testing.
- Beeceptor - REST API mocking.
- Blackfire.io - Performance testing.
- Chromatic - Visual UI testing for storybook.
- Ddosify - Distributed Performance Testing Platform.
- Firecamp - DX first open-source API dev tool alternative to Postman. 
- Loadmill - Generate tests from user behavior.
- Percy - Continuous visual testing.
- Testim - Frontend testing.
- Octomind - Auto-generated, run and maintained Playwright UI tests with AI-assisted test case discovery.
- Apidog - GUI tool for API mocking, testing (scenario testing, functional testing, performance testing, etc.).
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Backend-as-a-Service
- Appwrite - End-to-end backend server for frontend and mobile developers. [](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite)
Categories
Authentication & Identity
24
Deployment Hosting
15
Testing
11
Analytics
11
Media
11
Mail
9
Misc
9
Databases & Spreadsheets
9
Payments & Pricing
8
Messaging
8
Monitoring
8
Scraping
7
Environment & Secret Management
6
Feature Flags
6
Integrations
6
Security
6
CMS (headless)
6
CI/CD
5
Search
5
GEO
5
Documentation
5
Reports Generation
5
IDE
4
Computer Vision
4
Discussions
4
Automation
3
Debugging
3
Orchestration
3
Repo
2
Infrastructure as Code
2
Code Quality
2
Localization
2
Natural Language Processing
1
Backend-as-a-Service
1
Shipping
1
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