The modern dev stack
Every tool worth knowing - curated, categorized, and linked. AI coding assistants, terminals, databases, deployment platforms, and everything in between.
AI Coding
6Cursor
🔥 Staff PickThe AI-first code editor. Deep codebase understanding, multi-file edits, and chat directly in your editor. Built on VS Code.
GitHub Copilot
Microsoft/OpenAI's AI pair programmer. Multi-model support (GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini), inline suggestions, chat, and agent mode.
Windsurf
Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade Flow for multi-step autonomous coding tasks with deep contextual awareness.
Continue
Open-source AI code assistant. Connect any LLM to VS Code or JetBrains - self-hosted, privacy-first, fully customizable.
Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal. Edit files across your codebase from the command line. Works great with Claude and GPT-4o.
Codeium
Free AI autocomplete for 70+ IDEs. Fast, accurate code suggestions trained on billions of lines of code.
AI Chat
4Claude
🔥 Staff PickAnthropic's AI assistant. Best-in-class for coding, analysis, and long-form writing. Artifacts for interactive outputs.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship chat interface. Access to GPT-4o, o3, o4-mini, image gen, code interpreter, and browsing.
Perplexity
AI-powered search engine. Real-time web citations, research mode, and coding answers with sources.
Phind
AI search for developers. Fast answers to technical questions with code examples and documentation references.
IDEs & Editors
3VS Code
Microsoft's open-source editor. The ecosystem king - 50k+ extensions, excellent debugging, and now deep Copilot integration.
Zed
Blazing-fast collaborative code editor built in Rust. Native performance, real-time co-editing, built-in AI assistant.
Neovim
Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor. Lua scripting, LSP support, tree-sitter parsing. Loved by keyboard power users.
Terminal
3Warp
🔥 Staff PickThe AI-powered terminal. Warp AI for natural language commands, command recall, workflows, and team sharing.
Starship
The minimal, blazing-fast, infinitely customizable prompt for any shell. Works with bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell.
Ghostty
Fast, native terminal emulator by @mitchellh. GPU-accelerated with platform-native UI and rich feature set.
Version Control
3GitKraken
Powerful cross-platform Git client with visual commit graph, merge conflict editor, and Jira/GitHub integration.
GitLens
VS Code extension that supercharges Git. Line blame, commit history, visual file history, and interactive rebase editor.
lazygit
Simple terminal UI for git commands. Navigate branches, stage hunks, rebase, all with keyboard shortcuts.
API Testing
3Bruno
🔥 Staff PickOpen-source API client that stores requests in plain text files alongside your code - perfect for git workflows.
Hoppscotch
Open-source Postman alternative. Web-based, fast, supports REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, and MQTT.
Postman
The industry-standard API platform. Collections, environments, monitors, mock servers, and team collaboration.
Databases
3TablePlus
Modern, native database GUI. Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis, MongoDB and more. Fast and beautiful.
Supabase
🔥 Staff PickOpen-source Firebase alternative. Postgres, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, and Realtime - all from one platform.
Neon
Serverless Postgres with branching. Create database branches for PRs, auto-scale to zero, instant provisioning.
Deployment
3Vercel
🔥 Staff PickThe Frontend Cloud. Zero-config deployments for Next.js and beyond. Edge network, preview deployments, analytics.
Railway
Deploy anything from GitHub in seconds. Works with any language, built-in databases, simple pricing, beautiful UX.
Coolify
Open-source Heroku/Netlify alternative. Self-host on your own server. Full control, no vendor lock-in.
Monitoring
2Sentry
Application monitoring and error tracking. Distributed tracing, performance monitoring, and AI-assisted debugging.
PostHog
Open-source product analytics. Feature flags, session replays, A/B tests, and funnels - all self-hostable.