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n8n Workflow official logo

n8n WorkflowCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Workflow Automation

Fair-code workflow automation tool allowing self-hosting to connect 400+ apps, standard REST/GraphQL APIs, and custom AI models.

Open Source
4.9 (1.4k)
Open Tool
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Ray.soCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Code Screenshots

Turn code snippets into gorgeous, shareable images with customized syntax themes, window padding, and vibrant background gradients.

Micro Tool
4.9 (910)
Open Tool
Hoppscotch official logo

HoppscotchCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • API Development & Testing

Lightweight, ultra-fast open-source Postman alternative that runs directly in your browser to test REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs instantly.

Open Source
4.9 (1.7k)
Open Tool
IT-Tools official logo

IT-ToolsCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Developer Micro Utilities

Curated collection of 80+ client-side developer utilities including JWT decoders, hash generators, crontab parsers, Docker compose converters, and UUID makers.

Open Source
4.9 (1.3k)
Open Tool
CyberChef official logo

CyberChefCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Data & Crypto Analysis

Web-based 'Cyber Swiss Army Knife' built for decoding, decompressing, analyzing binary payloads, AES/RSA encryption, and chaining 300+ data operations in-browser.

Open Source
4.9 (1.5k)
Open Tool
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DevDocsCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • API Documentation

Combines 500+ official API documentation sets (React, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, PostgreSQL, Web APIs) into a single instant-search interface with offline storage.

Open Source
4.8 (1.1k)
Open Tool
Transform.tools official logo

Transform.toolsCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Code & Schema Converters

Instant polyglot code transformer that converts JSON payloads into TypeScript interfaces, Zod schemas, Rust Serde structs, GraphQL types, and JSON Schema.

Micro Tool
4.8 (860)
Open Tool
Regex101 official logo

Regex101Curated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Regex Testing & Debugging

Build, test, and debug regular expressions across PCRE2, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, and Rust engines with token-by-token explanations and performance benchmarks.

100% Free
4.9 (1.3k)
Open Tool
Bruno API Client official logo

Bruno API ClientCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • API Development & Testing

Fast, local-first API client that stores your API collections directly in folders on your filesystem using plain-text Bru markup so you can version-control with Git.

Open Source
4.8 (1.2k)
Open Tool
Bundlephobia official logo

BundlephobiaCurated & Verified

Developer & Workflow • Package Performance

Analyze npm package minified size, gzipped footprint, download times, and tree-shaking support before installing dependencies in your JavaScript or React project.

Micro Tool
4.7 (770)
Open Tool
Supabase official logo

SupabaseCurated & Verified

Web & App Development • PostgreSQL & BaaS

Open-source Firebase alternative providing a dedicated PostgreSQL database, instant REST/GraphQL APIs, authentication, storage, edge functions, and AI vector embeddings.

Freemium
4.9 (2.1k)
Open Tool
Appwrite official logo

AppwriteCurated & Verified

Web & App Development • PostgreSQL & BaaS

End-to-end backend server for frontend and mobile teams with built-in authentication, databases, file storage, serverless functions, and real-time subscriptions.

Open Source
4.8 (1.2k)
Open Tool
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