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This month
- 1
Wanlly · Frontier AI for everyone with an idea▲24Chat, code and design with top AI models for free.
- 2
Tuck: Free Menu Bar Manager for Mac▲21Hide and reveal menu bar icons, search from your keyboard, and use the Tuck Bar.
- 3
CloudHike▲10A full backend your AI coding agent can set up over MCP
- 4
AnyPDFEditor▲9Free online PDF editor — merge, split, compress, convert and edit PDFs in your browser. No signup, no watermark.
- 5
AICost▲8Independent LLM API price desk: compare model pricing across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more.
- 6VVectoree▲8
Give your coding agent a backend: models, auth, Postgres and storage in one cloud.
- 7
Haptics Explorer▲7Feel iOS haptic patterns on a real iPhone, copy the code
- 8
Docklark▲6Native SSH client for Apple Silicon Mac: connections, terminal tabs, split panes, SFTP, and host monitoring. EN and ZH.
- 9
Harry AI Dev▲6Harry's personal site: an OpsDev engineer and indie full-stack builder sharing AI experiments, notes, and tools.
- 10AAwesome Comment▲6
A self-hosted, cloud-native commenting system for websites.
- 11
BestDock▲6A second Dock for Mac with live widgets, app shortcuts and workspace profiles.
- 12
Slap Alert▲6For every sale, a pixel monkey slaps a sticky note on your screen with who paid and how much. Celebrate your sales!!
- 13ClaudeArena▲5
Free CCAR-F and CCAR-P practice exams and study guide
- 14
PafCore: find what is slowing your website. Down to the file. Prove the fix.▲5Free speed report: the score, the slow file, and what to fix first. Plus uptime monitoring with SSL and domain expiry al
- 15HHOL Guard▲3
Local-first runtime firewall for AI coding agents
- 16
热核算力▲3Paid GPT API access for developers via one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with prepaid vouchers from CNY 5
- 17RReqode▲3
Connect product intent, architecture, code and tests for AI-assisted software delivery.
- 18
Napless — Keep your Mac awake while you work▲27-day free trial, then Napless Pro.
- 19
Egmatic▲1From first scene to published 2D game, no code
- 20Marsad — errors, traces & analytics in one SDK▲1
Errors, traces, Web Vitals and cookieless analytics for Next.js and Expo apps — one drop-in SDK, no consent banner, and
- 21
Court Rules▲0Free U.S. court rules, judge orders and deadline calculator
- 22
SpaceFree — The Storage Debugger for Developers▲0Find the trapped gigabytes your Windows PC lost to WSL2, Docker, package caches, and build artifacts.
- 23
STUDIO-J▲0The zero-database, self-hosted business OS. One-time purchase, not a subscription.
- 24
incode▲0Professional web development agency building modern web applications, mobile apps, and digital solutions for businesses
- 25
Free Client-side Web tools▲0Blazing-Fast Client-Side Web Tools & Calculators
- 26
Flit · Local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac▲0Flit is the local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac. Finished, formatted text in any app, in under a second.
This year
- 1
Flit · Local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac▲30Flit is the local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac. Finished, formatted text in any app, in under a second.
- 2
Wanlly · Frontier AI for everyone with an idea▲24Chat, code and design with top AI models for free.
- 3
Tuck: Free Menu Bar Manager for Mac▲21Hide and reveal menu bar icons, search from your keyboard, and use the Tuck Bar.
- 4Marsad — errors, traces & analytics in one SDK▲14
Errors, traces, Web Vitals and cookieless analytics for Next.js and Expo apps — one drop-in SDK, no consent banner, and
- 5
PafCore: find what is slowing your website. Down to the file. Prove the fix.▲12Free speed report: the score, the slow file, and what to fix first. Plus uptime monitoring with SSL and domain expiry al
- 6
CloudHike▲10A full backend your AI coding agent can set up over MCP
- 7
AnyPDFEditor▲9Free online PDF editor — merge, split, compress, convert and edit PDFs in your browser. No signup, no watermark.
- 8
AICost▲8Independent LLM API price desk: compare model pricing across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more.
- 9VVectoree▲8
Give your coding agent a backend: models, auth, Postgres and storage in one cloud.
- 10
Haptics Explorer▲7Feel iOS haptic patterns on a real iPhone, copy the code
- 11
Docklark▲6Native SSH client for Apple Silicon Mac: connections, terminal tabs, split panes, SFTP, and host monitoring. EN and ZH.
- 12
Harry AI Dev▲6Harry's personal site: an OpsDev engineer and indie full-stack builder sharing AI experiments, notes, and tools.
- 13AAwesome Comment▲6
A self-hosted, cloud-native commenting system for websites.
- 14
BestDock▲6A second Dock for Mac with live widgets, app shortcuts and workspace profiles.
- 15
Slap Alert▲6For every sale, a pixel monkey slaps a sticky note on your screen with who paid and how much. Celebrate your sales!!
- 16
Free Client-side Web tools▲6Blazing-Fast Client-Side Web Tools & Calculators
- 17ClaudeArena▲5
Free CCAR-F and CCAR-P practice exams and study guide
- 18
STUDIO-J▲5The zero-database, self-hosted business OS. One-time purchase, not a subscription.
- 19
incode▲5Professional web development agency building modern web applications, mobile apps, and digital solutions for businesses
- 20RReqode▲4
Connect product intent, architecture, code and tests for AI-assisted software delivery.
- 21HHOL Guard▲3
Local-first runtime firewall for AI coding agents
- 22
热核算力▲3Paid GPT API access for developers via one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with prepaid vouchers from CNY 5
- 23
Court Rules▲3Free U.S. court rules, judge orders and deadline calculator
- 24
SpaceFree — The Storage Debugger for Developers▲3Find the trapped gigabytes your Windows PC lost to WSL2, Docker, package caches, and build artifacts.
- 25
Napless — Keep your Mac awake while you work▲27-day free trial, then Napless Pro.
- 26
Egmatic▲2From first scene to published 2D game, no code
All-time top 10
- 1
Flit · Local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac▲30Flit is the local Wispr Flow alternative for Mac. Finished, formatted text in any app, in under a second.
- 2
Wanlly · Frontier AI for everyone with an idea▲24Chat, code and design with top AI models for free.
- 3
Tuck: Free Menu Bar Manager for Mac▲21Hide and reveal menu bar icons, search from your keyboard, and use the Tuck Bar.
- 4Marsad — errors, traces & analytics in one SDK▲14
Errors, traces, Web Vitals and cookieless analytics for Next.js and Expo apps — one drop-in SDK, no consent banner, and
- 5
PafCore: find what is slowing your website. Down to the file. Prove the fix.▲12Free speed report: the score, the slow file, and what to fix first. Plus uptime monitoring with SSL and domain expiry al
- 6
CloudHike▲10A full backend your AI coding agent can set up over MCP
- 7
AnyPDFEditor▲9Free online PDF editor — merge, split, compress, convert and edit PDFs in your browser. No signup, no watermark.
- 8
AICost▲8Independent LLM API price desk: compare model pricing across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more.
- 9VVectoree▲8
Give your coding agent a backend: models, auth, Postgres and storage in one cloud.
- 10
Haptics Explorer▲7Feel iOS haptic patterns on a real iPhone, copy the code
Developer Tools FAQ
What are the best Developer Tools launches right now?
Ranked by upvotes over the last 30 days, the top Developer Tools launches on Traffiklist are Wanlly, Tuck: Free Menu Bar Manager for… and CloudHike. The list updates as votes come in.
What counts as a developer tool?
Products that help people build, ship or debug software: APIs and SDKs, CLIs, hosting, testing, monitoring and code utilities. Tools that need no code at all are listed under No-Code.
How do I choose a developer tool?
Check the docs first. Look at how long a first working example takes, how it fits your stack, whether it is open source or self-hostable, and how pricing scales with usage.
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