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# Awesome Developer-First [](https://awesome.re)
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A curated list of awesome developer-first products.
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(👀 Shameless plug) You might like [unzip.dev](https://unzip.dev?ref=github-adf) (developer trends newsletter I created).
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You can follow [Agam](https://x.com/agammore) and [Flo](https://x.com/fmerian) for more dev related content :)
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The definition of developer-first for this repo is:
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* Developers are the target audience.
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* "Headless", "API-first", "SaaS" are frequently used keywords.
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* Usually, this means that the front page has some code examples.
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* Products - tools/services that people pay for.
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```diff
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+ 👀 Watch this repo to get notifications about new products we find
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```
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For the latest additions [click here](https://github.com/agamm/awesome-developer-first/commits/main).
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## Contents
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* [Analytics](#analytics)
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* [Authentication & Identity](#authentication--identity)
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* [Automation](#automation)
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* [Backend-as-a-Service](#backend-as-a-service)
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* [CI/CD](#cicd)
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* [CMS (headless)](#cms-headless)
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* [Code Quality](#code-quality)
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* [Computer Vision](#computer-vision)
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* [Databases & Spreadsheets](#databases--spreadsheets)
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* [Debugging](#debugging)
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* [Deployment Hosting](#deployment-hosting)
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* [Discussions](#discussions)
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* [Documentation](#documentation)
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* [Environment & Secret Management](#environment--secret-management)
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* [Feature Flags](#feature-flags)
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* [GEO](#geo)
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* [IDE](#ide)
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* [Infrastructure as Code](#infrastructure-as-code)
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* [Integrations](#integrations)
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* [Localization](#localization)
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* [Mail](#mail)
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* [Media](#media)
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* [Messaging](#messaging)
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* [Misc](#misc)
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* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
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* [Natural Language Processing](#natural-language-processing)
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* [Orchestration](#orchestration)
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* [Payments & Pricing](#payments--pricing)
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* [Repo](#repo)
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* [Reports Generation](#reports-generation)
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* [Scraping](#scraping)
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* [Search](#search)
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* [Security](#security)
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* [Shipping](#shipping)
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* [Testing](#testing)
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---
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## Analytics
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*Track web/app visitors.*
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* [Baremetrics](https://baremetrics.com/) - Subscription analytics for Stripe.
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* [devActivity](https://devactivity.com/) - Contributions analytics with AI Insights, Performance Review, Retrospectives and Gamifications.
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* [Heap](https://heap.io/) - Product analytics API for web and mobile, captures all events.
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* [Mixpanel](https://mixpanel.com/) - Product analytics and dashboards.
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* [Pirsch](https://pirsch.io/) - Privacy-friendly web analytics with a backend integration and API.
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* [Plausible](https://plausible.io/) - Simple, privacy-friendly, and open-source web analytics tool. [](https://github.com/plausible/analytics)
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* [PoeticMetric](https://poeticmetric.com/) - Privacy-first, regulation-compliant, fast analytics tool.
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* [PostHog](https://posthog.com/) - Open-source product analytics platform. [](https://github.com/posthog/posthog) [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Segment](https://segment.com/) - Collect user data and send it to your other tools.
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* [Tinybird](https://www.tinybird.co/) - Real-time data streams to APIs. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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## Authentication & Identity
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*Products that handle authentication and user identity for you.*
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* [Aserto](https://www.aserto.com) - Cloud-native authorization for applications and APIs.
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* [Auth0](https://auth0.com/) - Authentication & authorization as a service.
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* [AWS cognito](https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/) - AWS's authentication as a service.
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* [BoxyHQ Enterprise SSO](https://boxyhq.com) - Open-source API for enterprise SSO and Directory Sync.
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* [Clerk](https://clerk.com/) - Authentication and user management platform for React, React Native, and Next.js.
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* [Corbado](https://corbado.com) - Passkey-first authentication as a service.
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* [Firebase Auth](https://firebase.google.com/products/auth) - Google Firebase's take on authentication.
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* [FusionAuth](https://fusionauth.io/) - Security-centric authentication as a Service, including self-hosting.
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* [Hanko](https://www.hanko.io/) - Passwordless (WebAuthn API) PSD2, eIDAS, and GDPR compliant. [](https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko)
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* [Kinde](https://kinde.com/) - Authentification and user management as a service.
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* [LoginRadius](https://www.loginradius.com/) - Managed user authentication service with SSO.
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* [Magic.link](https://magic.link) - Passwordless (email-based) log-in as a service.
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* [MojoAuth](https://mojoauth.com/) - Complete CIAM solution with Enterprise SSO and extensive out-of-the-box enterprise features.
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* [Okta](https://developer.okta.com/) - Embeddable authentication with SSO.
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* [Ory](https://ory.sh/) - Open-source identity & access-control solutions (also available as a service).
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* [Oso](https://www.osohq.com/) - Authorization framework (RBAC).
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* [Permit.io](https://www.permit.io/) - Permissions and access-control as a service. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [PropelAuth](https://www.propelauth.com/) - Team-based authentication. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Scalekit](https://scalekit.com) – Add enterprise SSO (SAML, OIDC), SCIM provisioning to your existing auth setup like Firebase, Auth0, or Cognito without rewrites.
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* [SSOJet](https://ssojet.com/) - Enterprise SSO without rebuilding auth. The free plan includes unlimited monthly active users, unlimited organizations, 2 SSO & 2 SCIM connections.
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* [Stack Auth](https://stack-auth.com/) - Open-source Auth0 alternative. [](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Stytch](https://stytch.com/) - All-in-one authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention infrastructure.
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* [SuperTokens](https://supertokens.io/) - Open-source and hosted email & Oauth authentication with prebuilt UI. [](https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core)
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* [Unkey](https://www.unkey.com/) - Authentication, rate limiting and usage analytics for APIs. [](https://github.com/stack-auth/stack) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024#06)
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* [Userfront](https://userfront.com/) - Simplistic user authentication with pre-built back-office dashboard.
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* [WorkOS](https://workos.com/) - Enterprise SSO and more out-of-the-box enterprise features. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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## Automation
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*Automate workflows via APIs and SDKs.*
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* [Abstra](http://abstra.io/) - Python-based workflow engine for custom business processes. [](https://github.com/abstra-app/abstra-lib)
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* [Lil'bots](https://www.lilbots.io/) - 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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* [n8n](http://n8n.io/) - Free and source-available fair-code licensed workflow automation tool. [](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n)
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* [Potpie](https://potpie.ai) - Open source AI agents for your codebase in minutes. Use pre-built agents for Q&A, testing, debugging, and system design, or create your own purpose-built agents. [](https://github.com/potpie-ai/potpie)
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* [Trigger.dev](http://trigger.dev/) - Open-source platform to create workflows from APIs, on a schedule or on demand. [](https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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## Backend-as-a-Service
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*Abstract away all the backend hassles with an out-of-the-box suite of backend solutions.*
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* [Appwrite](https://appwrite.io/) - End-to-end backend server for frontend and mobile developers. [](https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite) [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Encore](https://encore.dev/) - Open-source TypeScript backend framework for robust type-safe applications. [](https://github.com/encoredev/encore) [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Jamsocket](https://jamsocket.com/) - Backends for real-time apps. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) - Hosted and open-source managed Postgres DB like Firebase. [](https://github.com/supabase/supabase) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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## CI/CD
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*Continuous Integration/Delivery.*
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* [CircleCI](https://circleci.com/) - YML to configure your builds, parallel jobs, jobs marketplace.
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* [Depot](https://depot.dev) - Drop-in replacement to build Docker images faster in CI. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/) - Open-source CI and hosted solution with Github-like abilities.
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* [Gitpod](https://www.gitpod.io/) - Automated cloud dev environments. [](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod)
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* [Spacelift](https://spacelift.io/) - CI/CD platform for infrastructure-as-code, currently supporting Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Kubernetes.
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## CMS (headless)
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*Backend only Content Management System, you decide on frontend and consume content via API.*
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* [Contentful](http://contentful.com/) - CMS as an API.
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* [DatoCMS](https://www.datocms.com/) - API-based CMS.
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* [ElegantCMS](https://www.elegantcms.io/) - Headless CMS builder.
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* [Ghost](https://ghost.org/) - Blog platform, can be used as headless CMS (ex. [with Hexo](https://ghost.org/docs/api/v3/hexo/)). [](https://github.com/tryghost/ghost)
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* [Sanity](https://sanity.io/) - Headless CMS, treat content as data.
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* [Strapi](https://strapi.io/) - Open-source headless CMS, 100% JavaScript. [](https://github.com/strapi/strapi) [](https://launchweek.dev)
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## Code Quality
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*Check your code quality.*
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* [Codacy](https://www.codacy.com/) - Automatic code quality checks.
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* [CodeRabbit AI](https://coderabbit.ai/) - AI-powered code review and automated pull request management.
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* [Ellipsis](http://ellipsis.dev/) - AI code reviews and bug fixes. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Sonar](https://www.sonarsource.com/) - Lint and code quality checks.
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## Computer Vision
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*Manipulate and detect visual data.*
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* [Clarifai](https://www.clarifai.com/) - Set of computer vision APIs.
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* [CloudSight](https://cloudsight.ai/) - Digital media brand recognition.
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* [Google Vision AI](https://cloud.google.com/vision) - Google's AI vision APIs.
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* [Roboflow](https://roboflow.com/) - Simplified computer vision model creation for developers.
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## Databases & Spreadsheets
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*Storing data and processing it.*
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* [Airtable](https://airtable.com/) - Database and spreadsheet hybrid with an API.
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* [Apitable](https://apitable.com/) - API-oritented Airtable alternative.
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* [CrateDB](https://crate.io/) - Distributed open-source SQL database for real-time analytics. [](https://github.com/crate/crate)
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* [Neon](https://neon.tech/) - Serverless Postgres database with scale-to-zero, branching, autoscaling. [](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon)
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* [Neuledge](https://neuledge.com/) - Abstract ORM with a universal schema language for any database.
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* [Outerbase](https://outerbase.com/) - AI-powered database UI. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/) - Hosted managed MySQL database, CI integration & auto scaling.
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* [Upstash](https://upstash.com/) - Serverless tailored redis provider.
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## Debugging
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*Tools that help in tracking bugs.*
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* [Lightrun](https://www.lightrun.com) - Debug production servers using a plugin in the IDE (on-prem or SaaS) that supports Java, Node.js, and Python.
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* [Linear](https://linear.app/) - Issue tracking built for developers.
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* [Rookout](https://www.rookout.com) - Debug production servers via a cloud-based debugger. Supporting Java, .Net, Node.js, Python, and Ruby.
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## Deployment Hosting
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*Products that help you deploy your app/website.*
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* [Adaptable](https://adaptable.io/) - Deploy apps and DBs via common templates.
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* [Beam](https://www.beam.cloud/) - Serverless cloud infrastructure. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Cycle.io](https://www.cycle.io/) - DevOps platform for building platforms. Handles container orchestration, load-balancing, monitoring, and more.
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* [Cyclic.sh](https://www.cyclic.sh/) - Full stack app hosting (including dynamo db and s3).
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* [DeployBot](https://deploybot.com/) - REST API to trigger deployments from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
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* [Digital Ocean App Platform](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/) - Deploy and don't care about infrastructure, works with all major frameworks.
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* [Fly.io](https://fly.io/) - Deploy dockerized full-stack apps via a location-aware service (latency reduction).
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* [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/) - Deploy via CLI to scalable servers.
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* [Kinsta](https://kinsta.com/) - Deploy static sites, apps, and databases from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket and host headless WordPress.
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* [Koyeb](https://www.koyeb.com/) - Serverless platform for deploying full-stack apps and APIs in minutes. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) - Deploy JAMStack (mainly Gatsby) via CLI.
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* [Platform.sh](https://platform.sh/) - Continuously deploy full-stack apps.
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* [Propel](https://www.propeldata.com/) - Serverless ClickHouse platform. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Qoddi](https://qoddi.com/) - Git connected app hosting platform.
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* [Quix](https://quix.io/) - One tool to build and run event streaming applications.
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* [Railway](https://railway.app/) - Out-of-the-box git to deployment with auto-scaling, DBs, secrets, and rollbacks. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Reflex](https://reflex.dev/) - Python framework to build and deploy
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web apps (including frontend). [](https://github.com/reflex-dev/reflex)
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* [Render](https://render.com/) - Deploy from git to a CDN with SSL.
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* [Vercel](https://vercel.com/) - Cloud platform for building and deploying serverless web applications, static websites, and Jamstack (mainly Next.js) projects.
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* [Zeabur](https://zeabur.com/) - One click deployment for frontend, backend and databases services.
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## Discussions
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*Comments and forums.*
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* [Bazaarvoice](https://www.bazaarvoice.com/ratings-and-reviews/) - Ratings, reviews as a service.
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* [Commento](https://commento.io/) - Privacy-centric embeddable comment system.
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* [MuutIo](https://muut.io/) - Tools to create a community-driven app.
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* [Yotpo](https://www.yotpo.com/platform/reviews/) - Reviews ratings and Q&A as a service.
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## Documentation
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*Documentation solutions.*
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* [Apidog](https://apidog.com/) - All-in-one API documentation tool, 1-click to generate API documentation from requests.
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* [Bump.sh](https://bump.sh/) - API documentation and change management solution.
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* [DeveloperHub](https://developerhub.io/) - Collaborative developer documentation platform.
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* [Fern](https://www.buildwithfern.com/) - Instant docs and SDKs for APIs.
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* [Mintlify](https://www.mintlify.com/) - NextJS-based, AI-powered platform for documentation sites. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [ReadMe](https://readme.com/) - Personalized and dynamic developer docs.
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* [Speakeasy](https://speakeasy.com/) - API tooling for SDKs, API docs, Terraform providers, and end-to-end testing. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Swimm](https://swimm.io/) - Docs that are coupled with your code, auto-synced, works with your IDE.
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## Environment & Secret Management
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*Manage environment variables and secrets for multiple apps or projects.*
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* [1Password Secrets Automation](https://1password.com/secrets/) - Secrets management with integration to 1Password.
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* [Doppler](https://doppler.com/) - Environment variable management across projects, in one place.
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* [Envkey](https://www.envkey.com/) - Environment management with syncing mechanism for all apps.
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* [KeyHippo](https://www.keyhippo.com/) - API Keys for Postgres RLS. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Ubiq](https://www.ubiqsecurity.com/) - Encryption APIs with secret management.
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* [Vault](https://www.vaultproject.io/) - API-driven secret key management.
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## Feature Flags
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*Control production features with conditional flags in your code.*
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* [Bucket](https://bucket.co) - Purpose-built feature flagging for B2B SaaS products.
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* [Flagsmith](https://flagsmith.com/) - Feature flags-as-a-service platform simplified.
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* [GrowthBook](https://www.growthbook.io/) - Open-source feature flag and experimentation platform. [](https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook)
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* [LaunchDarkly](https://launchdarkly.com/) - Feature flags-as-a-service platform. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Split](https://www.split.io/) - Feature flags platform with data analytics.
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* [Statsig](https://statsig.com/) - 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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* [Unleash](https://www.getunleash.io/) - Open-source, privacy-first, and enterprise-ready feature management solution. [](https://github.com/unleash/unleash)
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## GEO
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*Location services.*
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* [AirPinpoint](https://airpinpoint.com/) - API for Apple AirTags tracking. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/) - Maps and locations products for devs.
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* [OpenCage](https://opencagedata.com/) - Forward and reverse geocoding API based on open data.
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* [PlaceKit](https://placekit.io/) - Locations search API.
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* [Radar](https://radar.io/) - Geofencing and geo APIs.
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* [SmartyStreets](https://www.smartystreets.com/) - US Reverse Geocoding and Address Verification APIs.
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## IDE
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*Products that extend your IDE and help development.*
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* [Codota](https://www.codota.com/) - AI code completions for your IDE.
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* [TabNine](https://www.tabnine.com/) - Deep learning completion (part of codota).
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* [Fine](https://www.fine.dev/) - Build Software with AI Agents. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [GoCodeo](https://www.gocodeo.com/) - An AI coding & testing agent.
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* [Jolt AI](https://usejolt.ai) - An AI codegen and chat tool for 100k to multi-million line codebases that automatically identifies context files, handles multi-file changes, and matches code styles.
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* [Kite](https://www.kite.com/) - AI assistant in your IDE (Python or JS).
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* [MarsCode](https://www.marscode.com/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=rm) - AI-powered cloud-based IDE.
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* [OneCompiler](https://onecompiler.com/) - A versatile, AI-powered Online IDE supporting over 70+ programming languages, designed for developers to write, compile, and execute code seamlessly.
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## Infrastructure as Code
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*Declare your infrastructure and reproducibly provision cloud infrastructure from it.*
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* [Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/) - Developer-first IaC with Python, TypeScript, Go and more languages...
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* [Terraform](https://www.hashicorp.com/products/terraform) - DSL, open-source, and free (paid solution adds team management, policy-as-code...). [](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform)
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* [Terrateam](https://terrateam.io/) - GitOps-first open-source Infrastructure as Code automation for Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, CDKTF, and Pulumi. [](https://github.com/terrateamio/terrateam)
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## Integrations
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*Integration management systems or products that ease integration development.*
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* [Apideck](https://www.apideck.com) - Integration marketplace builder, one-API with 3rd parties for quick development.
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* [Nango](https://www.nango.dev) - Hundreds of pre-built product integrations with 250+ APIs, customizable in code. [](https://github.com/NangoHQ/nango)
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* [OpenInt](https://openint.dev/) - Open-source embeddable product integrations. [](https://github.com/openintegrations/openint) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Panora](https://panora.dev) - Easy, flexible API to add customer-facing integrations to your SaaS product. [](https://github.com/panoratech/panora)
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* [Revert](https://revert.dev) - Open-source unified API to build B2B product integrations. [](https://github.com/revertinc/revert)
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* [Sequin](https://sequin.io/) - Interface with third-party services using SQL. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Vessel](https://www.vessel.dev/) - Developer-first, native integration platform for GTM tools.
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* [YepCode](https://yepcode.io/) - Build and run serverless functions with the best development experience.
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## Localization
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*Translating your product (also denoted i18n).*
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* [Lingo](https://lingo.dev/) - AI localization infrastructure. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
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* [Localazy](https://localazy.com/) - App translation built for developers.
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* [Locize](https://locize.com) - The translation management system created by the creators of i18next. Work with writers in dev/stage env before hitting prod.
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* [Tolgee](https://tolgee.io) - Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform.
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## Mail
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*Sending emails as a service.*
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* [Anymail finder](https://anymailfinder.com) - Verify and find email APIs.
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* [FormSpree](https://formspree.io/) - Receive form submissions by email.
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* [Heybounce](https://www.heybounce.io/) - Email verification API.
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* [Hunter.io](https://hunter.io/) - Email lead and validation APIs.
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* [Imitate Email](https://imitate.email) - End-to-end email testing tool.
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* [Lob](https://www.lob.com/) - Email and address verification.
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* [Loops](https://loops.so/) - REST API to manage contact properties, send events and transactional emails. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Mailgun](https://www.mailgun.com/) - Send, track, and receive emails.
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* [Resend](https://resend.com/) - Email API to build, test, and deliver transactional emails. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Sendgrid](https://sendgrid.com/) - Email API.
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* [Zyntra](https://zyntra.app/) – Unlimited e-mail inboxes with API/UI access for automation and QA.
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## Media
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*Media APIs (optimization, CDN).*
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* [APITemplate.io](https://apitemplate.io/) - APIs to generate images and PDFs from reusable templates.
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* [Bytescale](https://bytescale.com) - File storage and processing APIs.
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* [Cloudinary](https://cloudinary.com/) - Optimize, create, manage, and deliver images and videos.
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* [Dyte](https://dyte.io) - Build powerful live experiences in your product with an all-in-one Video SDK.
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* [Flatfile](https://flatfile.com/) - Programmatically import data from files so it's API-ready. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [ImageKit](https://imagekit.io/) - Automate image optimization, transformation, and delivery.
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* [imgix](https://www.imgix.com/) - Transforms, optimizes, and cache images.
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* [Mux](https://mux.com/) - APIs to upload, manage, and stream video. [](https://launchweek.dev)
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* [Pintura](https://pqina.nl/pintura) - A fully configurable JavaScript image editor SDK.
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## Messaging
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*Messaging APIs - SMS, notifications, chats, and VoIP.*
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* [Ably](https://ably.com) - Pub/sub, real-time messaging, notifications, chat, multiplayer and data synchronization.
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* [Applozic](https://www.applozic.com/) - Chat SDKs, real-time messaging.
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* [Knock](https://knock.app) - Notifications as a service.
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* [MagicBell](https://www.magicbell.com/) - Real-time notification system with API & UI components.
|
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* [Novu](https://novu.co/) - Open-source notification (Email, SMS, Direct, and Push) management. [](https://github.com/novuhq/novu)
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* [Stream](https://getstream.io/) - Feed and chat as a service.
|
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* [Twilio](https://www.twilio.com/) - SMS, push notifications, and VoIP APIs.
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* [Vonage](https://www.vonage.com) - Video, SMS, chat, and voice APIs.
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## Misc
|
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*Different products that probably don't have a category.*
|
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* [Actyx](https://www.actyx.com/) - Developer-first factory building.
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* [Docusign](https://developers.docusign.com/) - APIs for eSignature, and Intelligent Agreement Management.
|
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* [Interval](https://interval.com/) - SDK to build internal tools and scripts for your product.
|
||
* [Magic Patterns](https://magicpatterns.com/) - Prototype product ideas with AI. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
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* [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) - Generate public URLs for internal servers (behind NAT/firewall).
|
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* [Nylas](https://www.nylas.com/) - APIs for productivity workflows (email, calendar, contacts...) - like plaid for productivity.
|
||
* [Plain](https://plain.com) - API-first customer service platform (support, feedback, rating widgets...).
|
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* [Propexo](https://www.propexo.com/) - Unified API to integrate with property management systems.
|
||
* [SignatureAPI](https://signatureapi.com) - API-first electronic signatures.
|
||
* [Tempo Labs](https://tempolabs.ai/) - Code-first Figma alternative. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Trophy](https://trophy.so) - APIs for gamified product experiences.
|
||
* [Volta](https://volta.net) - Fast, elegant GitHub desktop and web app.
|
||
|
||
## Monitoring
|
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*Monitoring your production application.*
|
||
* [Airbrake](https://airbrake.io) - Error monitoring in production.
|
||
* [Better Stack](https://betterstack.com/) - Uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages.
|
||
* [Helicone AI](https://www.helicone.ai/) - LLM observabilty and monitoring for your LLM apps in production. [](https://github.com/Helicone/helicone)
|
||
* [Highlight.io](https://www.highlight.io/) - Full-stack monitoring platform. [](https://github.com/highlight/highlight) [](https://launchweek.dev)
|
||
* [KeenIO](https://keen.io/) - Event streaming platform.
|
||
* [Keywords AI](https://www.keywordsai.co/) - The enterprise-grade software to build, monitor, and improve your AI application. Keywords AI is a full-stack LLM engineering platform for developers and PMs.
|
||
* [Laminar](https://www.lmnr.ai/) - Open-source platform for tracing, evaluating, and labeling LLM products. [](https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Langfuse](https://langfuse.com/) - Open-source LLM observability platform that helps teams collaboratively debug, analyze, and iterate on their LLM applications. [](https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse) [](https://launchweek.dev)
|
||
* [LogRocket](https://logrocket.com/) - Replay bugs users had.
|
||
* [Maxim AI](https://www.getmaxim.ai) - End-to-end evaluation and observability platform, helping teams ship their AI agents reliably and 5x faster.
|
||
* [Pinecone](https://www.pinecone.io/) - AI infrastructure for building accurate, secure, and scalable AI apps. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Opik](https://www.comet.com/site/products/opik/) - Evaluate, test, and ship LLM applications across your dev and production lifecycles. [](https://github.com/comet-ml/opik)
|
||
* [Pagerly](https://pagerly.io) - Manage Oncalls, Tickets, Incidents in Slack.
|
||
* [Quivr](https://quivr.com/) - Open-source RAG framework to deploy and use AI agents. [](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr) [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Rollbar](https://rollbar.com/) - Reports errors in production.
|
||
* [Sentry](https://sentry.io/) - Application monitoring for bugs and performance. [](https://launchweek.dev)
|
||
|
||
## Natural Language Processing
|
||
*Interactions with natural language.*
|
||
* [DialogFlow](https://cloud.google.com/dialogflow) - Voice/text chatbot framework by Google.
|
||
|
||
## Orchestration
|
||
*Orchestration tools for (micro) services.*
|
||
* [AWS Step Functions](https://aws.amazon.com/step-functions/) - Visual workflow service to build distributed applications and automate processes
|
||
* [Camunda](https://camunda.com/) - Workflow engine that delivers scalable, on-demand process automation.
|
||
|
||
## Payments & Pricing
|
||
*Handling payments, credit card processing, and invoices.*
|
||
* [Braintree](https://www.braintreepayments.com/) - Paypal's take on API-first payments.
|
||
* [Increase](https://increase.com/) - Bare-metal banking APIs.
|
||
* [LemonSqueezy](https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/) - SaaS payments - covers more countries and takes care of VAT Tax.
|
||
* [OpenMeter](https://openmeter.io/) - Open-source usage metering for billing and chargeback.
|
||
* [Paddle](https://paddle.com/) - Revenue delivery platform for SaaS with broad geographical support (unlike Stripe at the moment).
|
||
* [Plaid](https://plaid.com/) - Accept, send ACH (bank transfers), and get bank information.
|
||
* [Stigg](https://www.stigg.io) - API-first pricing plans.
|
||
* [Stripe Payments](https://stripe.com/payments) - Accept payments and move money globally with APIs.
|
||
|
||
## Repo
|
||
*Repository and artifacts management.*
|
||
* [Artifactory](https://jfrog.com/artifactory/) - Create your own package repository.
|
||
* [Cloudsmith](https://cloudsmith.com/) - Cloud-native private package management.
|
||
|
||
## Reports Generation
|
||
*Generating reports, mainly PDFs.*
|
||
* [Carbone](https://carbone.io/) - JSON into PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODS... API.
|
||
* [DocRaptor](https://docraptor.com) - HTML to PDF API built specifically for Paged Media using the [Prince](https://www.princexml.com/) PDF library.
|
||
* [Export SDK](https://exportsdk.com) - PDF generator API with visual template editor.
|
||
* [Image-Charts](https://www.image-charts.com/) - Chart as Image API for reports, PDFs, and more.
|
||
* [PDFBlade](https://pdfblade.com/) - HTML to PDF API usage-based pricing.
|
||
|
||
## Scraping
|
||
*Fetching data from websites not via an intended API.*
|
||
* [Apify](https://apify.com/) - Turn websites to an API.
|
||
* [browserless](https://browserless.io) - Browser automation deployed to the cloud. [](https://github.com/browserless/browserless)
|
||
* [Corsfix](https://corsfix.com) - CORS Proxy to fetch any web resource and bypass CORS errors.
|
||
* [Crawlbase](https://proxycrawl.com/) - Scrape hard-to-scrape websites with proxies.
|
||
* [Proxy Sentinel](https://www.proxysentinel.io) - A self-managed proxy rotator.
|
||
* [ScrapingANT](https://scrapingant.com/) - Scrape with headless chrome.
|
||
* [ScrapingBee](https://www.scrapingbee.com/) - Using headless browsers and proxies to scrape without being blocked.
|
||
* [SearchApi](https://www.searchapi.io/) - Real-time Google SERP API.
|
||
* [SerpApi](https://serpapi.com/) - Real-time search engine scraping API.
|
||
* [WebScrapingHQ](https://www.webscrapinghq.com/) - Webscraping API and fully managed service.
|
||
* [ZenRows](https://www.zenrows.com/) - Web scraping API with built-in proxies and rotating IPs to avoid detection.
|
||
|
||
## Search
|
||
*Index and search your content as a service API.*
|
||
* [Algolia](https://www.algolia.com/) - Search as a service and full suite of search APIs.
|
||
* [Meilisearch](https://www.meilisearch.com/) - Open-source, fast, and relevant search engine. [](https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch) [](https://launchweek.dev)
|
||
* [Swiftype](https://swiftype.com/) - Search as a service (crawlers and React ready).
|
||
* [Typesense Cloud](https://cloud.typesense.org/) - Open-source and hosted search as a Service. [](https://github.com/typesense/typesense)
|
||
* [Websolr](https://www.websolr.com/) - Open-source and hosted search with Solr.
|
||
|
||
## Security
|
||
*Products that secure your codebase.*
|
||
* [Bearer](https://www.bearer.com/) - Static application security testing (SAST) tool for JavaScript and Ruby stacks.
|
||
* [GitGuardian](https://www.gitguardian.com/) - Real-time GitHub activity scanner.
|
||
* [Infisical](https://infisical.com) - Open-source, end-to-end encrypted secrets manager. [](https://github.com/infisical/infisical)
|
||
* [Pixee](https://www.pixee.ai/) - Automated vulnerability remediation. Fixes vulnerabilities and hardens code.
|
||
* [Snyk](https://snyk.io/) - Vulnerability scanner for code, dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code.
|
||
* [Socket](https://socket.dev/) - Detect and block open-source supply chain attacks.
|
||
|
||
|
||
## Shipping
|
||
*Creating and handling the shipment of goods.*
|
||
* [EasyPost](https://www.easypost.com/) - Shipping APIs for e-commerce.
|
||
|
||
## Testing
|
||
*Testing tools.*
|
||
* [Apidog](https://apidog.com/) - GUI tool for API mocking, testing (scenario testing, functional testing, performance testing, etc.).
|
||
* [Applitools](https://applitools.com/) - Automated visual testing.
|
||
* [Beeceptor](https://beeceptor.com/) - REST API mocking.
|
||
* [Blackfire.io](https://blackfire.io/) - Performance testing.
|
||
* [Chromatic](https://www.chromatic.com/) - Visual UI testing for storybook.
|
||
* [CodSpeed](codspeed.io) - Continuous Performance Testing in CI environments. [](https://launchweek.dev)
|
||
* [Coval](https://coval.dev/) - Simulation and evals for AI agents. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Ddosify](https://ddosify.com/) - Distributed Performance Testing Platform.
|
||
* [Fiberplane](https://fiberplane.com/) - Test and debug Hono APIs. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Firecamp](https://firecamp.io) - DX first open-source API dev tool alternative to Postman. [](https://github.com/firecamp-dev/firecamp)
|
||
* [Loadmill](https://www.loadmill.com/) - Generate tests from user behavior.
|
||
* [Octomind](https://www.octomind.dev/) - Auto-generated, run, and maintained Playwright UI tests with AI-assisted test case discovery.
|
||
* [Percy](https://percy.io/) - Continuous visual testing.
|
||
* [Sherlo](https://sherlo.io) - Visual testing and review tool for React Native Storybook.
|
||
* [Synth](https://usesynth.ai) - Automated AI agent optimization. [](https://launchweek.dev/lw/2024/mega#participants)
|
||
* [Testim](https://www.testim.io/) - Frontend testing.
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Contributing
|
||
|
||
See here: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/agamm/awesome-developer-first/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
|
||
|
||
[developerfirst.md Github](https://github.com/agamm/awesome-developer-first
|
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