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    Postman

    Design, test and document APIs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  2. 2

    OpenRouter

    One API and one bill for hundreds of AI models.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  3. 3

    Hoppscotch

    A fast, open source API client in the browser.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  4. 4

    fal

    Fast inference for image, video and audio models.

    Developer ToolsNewPaid

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  5. 5

    Convex

    A backend where queries update live in your app.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  6. 6

    dbdiagram.io

    Draw database diagrams by typing a schema.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  7. 7

    Insomnia

    Design and call HTTP and GraphQL APIs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  8. 8

    Replicate

    Run machine learning models from the web or an API.

    Developer ToolsNewPaid

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  9. 9

    Resend

    An email API built for developers, with React templates.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  10. 10

    Turso

    Hosted SQLite, replicated close to your users.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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    Neon

    Serverless Postgres that scales to zero and branches like git.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  12. 12

    Firebase

    Google's backend for auth, data and hosting.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  13. 13

    Amicro

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

    Developer Tools5.0Free

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  14. 14

    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 Tools4.5Free

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    Reicon

    Reicon — Free open-source SVG icons. 2,700+ handcrafted icons for React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Flutter, Figma & more.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  16. 16

    Skecher UI

    Copy polished React motion components with live previews, source code, dependencies, and shadcn registry commands.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  17. 17

    EasyUI

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

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  18. 18

    Stargazer

    Turn your GitHub stargazers into living art. Generate high-definition milestone cards and 60fps MP4 videos directly in your browser.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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    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

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  20. 20

    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

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  21. 21

    Designeer

    Bringing the best of the internet together

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  22. 22

    Inngest

    Background jobs and workflows, written as functions.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  23. 23

    Trigger.dev

    Long-running jobs in normal TypeScript.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  24. 24

    Pipedream

    Automations where a step can be real code.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  25. 25

    Retool

    Build internal tools on top of your database.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  26. 26

    Auth0

    Login, signup and SSO you don't build yourself.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  27. 27

    npm

    The registry for JavaScript packages.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  28. 28

    Docker Hub

    Find and host container images.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  29. 29

    VS Code

    The VS Code editor, opened in a browser tab.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  30. 30

    JSFiddle

    A small playground for HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

    Developer ToolsNewFree

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  31. 31

    Upstash

    Serverless Redis, Kafka and a job queue.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open
  32. 32

    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

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  33. 33

    Fly.io

    Run containers close to your users.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  34. 34

    pdfcn

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

    Developer ToolsNewFree

    Open
  35. 35

    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

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  36. 36

    Pusher

    Send realtime events to browsers over WebSockets.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  37. 37

    WorkOS

    Enterprise SSO, directory sync and audit logs.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  38. 38

    GitLab

    Git hosting, issues and CI on one site.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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  39. 39

    Appwrite

    An open-source backend: auth, database and storage.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

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    Heroku

    Push a repo and get a running app.

    Developer ToolsNewFreemium

    Open