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Alternatives to Carbon

Looking for something like Carbon? Here are 40 developer tools apps that do a similar job. Closest matches come first, then the best rated.

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  1. 1

    ray.so

    Turn code snippets into clean, shareable images.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  2. 2

    Windsurf

    An AI code editor with an agent that works alongside you.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  3. 3

    Stack Overflow

    Find answers to programming questions, or ask your own.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  4. 4

    GitHub

    Host code, review changes and work on projects together.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  5. 5

    Cursor

    A code editor built around an AI agent that reads your whole project.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  6. 6

    RareUI

    Rare UI is a free, open-source collection of rare animated React components. Browse them in action below and install any component with the shadcn CLI.

    Developer Tools5.0Free

    Open
  7. 7

    Amicro

    Add beautiful, lightweight, micro-interactions and transition components to your React website with a Shadcn CLI .

    Developer Tools5.0Free

    Open
  8. 8

    ShadcnSpace

    A collection of beautifully designed Shadcn UI blocks, components, templates, and dashboard layouts for React.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  9. 9

    Arc

    Arc is a library of React components and blocks with motion built in. Install them with the shadcn CLI, or let your AI tool build from the docs and MCP.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  10. 10

    Samva

    Email API for developers. Send transactional email and campaigns, receive replies in your app, and build templates with an AI email editor.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  11. 11

    Neon

    Serverless Postgres that scales to zero and branches like git.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  12. 12

    EasyUI

    Production-ready animated UI components built with React, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion for modern web apps.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  13. 13

    mdxcn

    markdown-friendly react components for mdx. callouts, steps, terminals, charts, and timelines that sit between paragraphs — copied into your project with the…

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  14. 14

    pdfcn

    A collection of beautifully designed, accessible, and customizable PDF components. Built on Takumi and Forme. Works with shadcn/ui.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  15. 15

    Clerk

    Sign-in, sign-up and user management you can drop into an app.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  16. 16

    ngrok

    Give your local server a public URL.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  17. 17

    LaunchRanked

    Launch your product free, get a followed link after review, then grow on Google and in AI answers with the playbook behind our own 223k impressions.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  18. 18

    Versely

    Create viral social media content in seconds with AI. Generate images, videos, voiceovers, lipsync, music, and full animated stories — then publish to 9…

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  19. 19

    Tailwind Play

    An online playground for trying Tailwind CSS.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  20. 20

    Directus

    Put an admin panel and API on top of any SQL database.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  21. 21

    dbdiagram.io

    Draw database diagrams by typing a schema.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  22. 22

    Novu

    Send email, SMS, push and in-app notifications from one API.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  23. 23

    Vercel

    Deploy web apps from Git with previews for every change.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  24. 24

    Cloudflare

    DNS, CDN, security and serverless hosting from one dashboard.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  25. 25

    FeedbackBasket

    Collect user feedback from websites and native iOS apps with a feedback widget and open-source Swift SDK. Capture context, manage replies, and triage faster.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  26. 26

    Designeer

    Bringing the best of the internet together

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  27. 27

    fal

    Fast inference for image, video and audio models.

    Developer ToolsNewPaid

    Open
  28. 28

    MDN Web Docs

    The reference for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and web APIs.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  29. 29

    StackBlitz

    Run full Node.js projects inside your browser tab.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  30. 30

    Supabase

    A Postgres database with auth, storage and APIs ready to go.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  31. 31

    Val Town

    Write a small function in the browser and deploy it instantly.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  32. 32

    Mermaid Chart

    Write diagrams as text and see them drawn as you type.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  33. 33

    Convex

    A backend where queries update live in your app.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  34. 34

    Crontab guru

    Read cron schedules in plain English.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  35. 35

    jwt.io

    Decode and check JSON Web Tokens.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  36. 36

    RegExr

    Test and learn regular expressions with live highlighting.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  37. 37

    Render

    Cloud hosting for web services, static sites and databases.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  38. 38

    Replit

    Write, run and host code from your browser, with an AI agent.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  39. 39

    Resend

    An email API built for developers, with React templates.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
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    Sentry

    Catch errors in your app and see exactly where they came from.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open