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Developer productivity tools: the tech stack of 72 real products

Terminals, editors, docs, CLIs, git and workflow tools for developers (frameworks and starter kits have their own categories).

What sets them apart

Picks at least twice as common here as among products overall, in decisions at least 10 of them show.

Vercel Web AnalyticsWeb Analytics3.1×as often as overall6 of the developer productivity tools that show web analytics (46%)NodemailerTransactional Email2.5×as often as overall6 of the developer productivity tools that show transactional email (25%)FastifyBackend Framework2.1×as often as overall5 of the developer productivity tools that show backend framework (15%)CloudflareHosting2.1×as often as overall18 of the developer productivity tools that show hosting (56%)

The typical stack

The leading pick where at least 8 of them show the decision and the leader has at least a quarter of it.

DecisionMost common pickShareAt default usage
Frontend FrameworkReact45 of 59 · 76%—
DatabasePostgreSQL14 of 36 · 39%—
Backend FrameworkExpress20 of 33 · 61%—
HostingCloudflare18 of 32 · 56%$12/mo · Workers Paid
Transactional EmailResend16 of 24 · 67%$20/mo · Pro 50k
LLM APIOpenAI API15 of 20 · 75%$10/mo · GPT-6 Luna
AI SDK & Agent FrameworkAI SDK11 of 17 · 65%—
Error MonitoringSentry14 of 16 · 88%$29/mo · Team
PaymentsStripe12 of 15 · 80%fees on revenue · $410 on $10,000/mo
Product AnalyticsPostHog11 of 15 · 73%$0/mo · Pay-as-you-go
Database Access & ORMsPrisma6 of 13 · 46%—
Web AnalyticsVercel Web Analytics6 of 13 · 46%—
AuthenticationClerk6 of 12 · 50%$0/mo · Hobby
File StorageAmazon S39 of 12 · 75%$11/mo · S3 Standard (US East)
Image & Video Hostingsharp7 of 8 · 88%—

Monthly bills add up to about $82 at the calculators' default usage, list prices; fees on revenue (Stripe) come on top. Set your own usage →

What they chose, decision by decision

Among the developer productivity tools that show each choice, from makers' products and open-source code alike.

Frontend Framework59 products
React45 · 76%Next.js31 · 53%Vue.js8 · 14%React Router7 · 12%
Database36 products
PostgreSQL14 · 39%Supabase7 · 19%SQLite7 · 19%MySQL6 · 17%
Backend Framework33 products
Express20 · 61%Hono6 · 18%FastAPI6 · 18%Fastify5 · 15%
Hosting32 products
Cloudflare18 · 56%Fly.io4 · 13%Netlify3 · 9%GitHub Pages3 · 9%
Transactional Email24 products
Resend16 · 67%Nodemailer6 · 25%SendGrid4 · 17%Postmark3 · 13%
LLM API20 products
OpenAI API15 · 75%Claude8 · 40%Gemini API5 · 25%Grok API3 · 15%
AI SDK & Agent Framework17 products
AI SDK11 · 65%LangChain5 · 29%Claude Agent SDK2 · 12%LangGraph2 · 12%
Error Monitoring16 products
Sentry14 · 88%Rollbar1 · 6%BugSnag1 · 6%
Payments15 products
Stripe12 · 80%Razorpay1 · 7%Polar1 · 7%Autumn1 · 7%
Product Analytics15 products
PostHog11 · 73%Amplitude4 · 27%
Database Access & ORMs13 products
Prisma6 · 46%Drizzle ORM4 · 31%SQLAlchemy2 · 15%TypeORM2 · 15%
Web Analytics13 products
Vercel Web Analytics6 · 46%Cloudflare Web Analytics3 · 23%Google Analytics2 · 15%Plausible Analytics1 · 8%
Authentication12 products
Clerk6 · 50%Auth.js2 · 17%Amazon Cognito2 · 17%Better Auth1 · 8%
File Storage12 products
Amazon S39 · 75%Vercel Blob2 · 17%MinIO1 · 8%
Image & Video Hosting8 products
sharp7 · 88%Mux1 · 13%

Small samples, fewer than 8 products: Background Jobs & Cron (RabbitMQ 3, BullMQ 2) · Vector Database (Chroma 2, Pinecone 2)

Developer productivity tools we track

46 makers' products and 26 open-source projects. Makers' products first.

supersetDesktop IDE for running several coding agents in parallel, each in an isolated workspace, with notifications and a diff viewer for reviewing their changes. Has a companion iPhone app; aimed at developers who work with coding agents.+15
RightNow AICode editor for GPU/CUDA development with built-in profiling, benchmarking and AI-assisted optimization.+3
Pluto DoorSecure MacOS SSH with AI editor, file browser, drag-drop+1
WarestackEngineering delivery governance for GitHub organizations+1
Recent.devReal-time changelog updates for your favorite tools
Moxie DocsLiving docs + MCP context for your GitHub repos
CCgatherDocument your Claude Code journey
BountyHubMonetizing GitHub issue resolution through bounties
BuildermarkMeasure how much of your code is AI-generated. Open source.
StashGives you context from your codebase, issues, and docs
sourcebotSourcebot is a self-hosted tool that helps humans and agents understand your codebase.+19
gitbutlerThe GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte+5
gitpodThe developer platform for on-demand cloud development environments to create software faster and more securely.+3
likec4Visualize, collaborate, and evolve the software architecture with always actual and live diagrams from your code
context7Context7 Platform -- Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors
publicThe database IDE for VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. 80+ databases: Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Snowflake, and more. AI queries, ER diagrams, SQL notebooks.+15
altair✨⚡️ A feature-rich GraphQL Client for all platforms.+10
AutoDocsWe handle what engineers and IDEs won't: generating and maintaining technical documentation for your codebase, while also providing search with dependency-aware context to help your AI tools understan+6
better-contextA better way to get up to date context on libraries/technologies in your projects+6
backstageBackstage is an open framework for building developer portals+4
ossinsightAnalysis, Comparison, Trends, Rankings of Open Source Software, you can also get insight from more than 10 billion with natural language (powered by LLM). Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oss+4
dev3000Captures your web app's complete development timeline - server logs, browser events, console messages, network requests, and automatic screenshots - in a unified, timestamped feed for AI debugging.
loglayerA modern logging library for Javascript / Typescript that routes logs to various logging libraries, cloud providers, files, StatsD, and OpenTelemetry while providing a fluent API for specifying log me
varlockAI-safe .env files: Schemas for agents, Secrets for humans.
bundlephobia🏋️ Find out the cost of adding a new frontend dependency to your project
insomniaThe open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
pastecnpastebin + shadcn = pastecn. Paste your code and get a shadcn-compatible registry URL instantly.
verdaccioA lightweight Node.js private proxy registry
DevDocsCompletely free, private, UI based Tech Documentation MCP server. Designed for coders and software developers in mind. Easily integrate into Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Roo Code, Claude Desktop App
devsonket.github.io🎨🛠📌 সম্পূর্ণ বাংলায় ডেভেলপার চিটশিট 🎨🛠📌
emailmdRender markdown into email-safe HTML
gramaxEmbrace a docs-as-code approach to build, version, and publish Git-driven documentation sites using Markdown and a visual editor
shieldsConcise, consistent, and legible badges in SVG and raster format
quintAn executable specification language with delightful tooling based on the temporal logic of actions (TLA)
react-docgenA CLI and library to extract information from React component files for documentation generation purposes.
termyThe terminal, at full speed ⚡
konfigSDK & API Docs Generator. Sunset as of December 2024+8
blumeThe open-source docs framework for humans and agents.+4
ml-workspace🛠 All-in-one web-based IDE specialized for machine learning and data science.+2
sandboxCode editing environment with an AI copilot and real-time collaboration+1
AntigravityManagerAntigravity Manager is a powerful Electron-based application designed to manage accounts and processes for the Antigravity application. It provides a seamless interface for switching accounts, backing
harmonixA developer portal to meet your Enterprise needs. Fast, secure, and at-scale.
critiqueTUI & website for reviewing git changes
coreA framework helps you quickly build AI Native IDE products. MCP Client, supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools via MCP server.
lexePackage your Node.js application into a single executable file, but only 10MB.🔥
nteractWe're back! Now firing notebooks out of a t-shirt gun.
ts2aslTypeScript to AWS ASL transpiler
greenkeeper:robot: :palm_tree: Real-time automated dependency updates for npm and GitHub
repomix📦 Repomix is a powerful tool that packs your entire repository into a single, AI-friendly file. Perfect for when you need to feed your codebase to Large Language Models (LLMs) or other AI tools like
spoolStore, share, and resume AI coding sessions.
sturdy🐥 Sturdy is an open-source, real-time, version control platform for startups (https://getsturdy.com)
WooeyA Django app that creates automatic web UIs for Python scripts.
nbbScripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI