Hacker News - Newest: "developer tools"https://news.ycombinator.com/newestHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 14 May 2026 18:17:02 +0000<![CDATA[Show HN: An opinionated index of AI developer tools]]>I built this because I could not keep up with the AI developer tooling space and wanted to get an overview on hot tools.

The site tracks more then 500 tools across 19 categories with a unified scoring and combines GitHub signals with curated datasets and ranks. The scoring is intentionally not a universal leaderboard but it helps to see the leading tools in a category quickly.

I would be happy to get some feedback :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135793

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]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:17:43 +0000https://devindex.ai/karphihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135793https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48135793<![CDATA[Ask HN: What are the best developer tools built around Markdown?]]>Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885287

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]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:49:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885287dhruv3006https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885287https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47885287<![CDATA[Show HN: DevToolBox – 88 client-side developer tools, no tracking, 9 languages]]>Article URL: https://viadreams.cc/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821449

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]]>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:55:21 +0000https://viadreams.cc/en/arenas2026https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821449https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821449<![CDATA[Show HN: Preseason – see which developer tools each LLM picks]]>Article URL: https://www.preseason.ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807152

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]]>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:42:45 +0000https://www.preseason.aibetocmnhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807152https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807152<![CDATA[Two GitHub Alumni Are Rebuilding Developer Tools for the AI Era]]>Article URL: https://techstackups.com/articles/gitbutler-vs-entire-github-founders/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715212

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]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:31:51 +0000https://techstackups.com/articles/gitbutler-vs-entire-github-founders/ritzacohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715212https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715212<![CDATA[ToolPry – 15 free developer tools, client-side, no tracking]]>Article URL: https://toolpry.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708940

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]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:57:34 +0000https://toolpry.com/raag3arunhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708940https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708940<![CDATA[Show HN: Chrome Developer Tools on Android]]>Web development on Android has been difficult due to the lack of the full Chrome Dev Tools Suite.

We solved this by packaging it with a proxy that bridges them via CDP.

It's open source and available on Play!

https://unixshells.com/browser.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684456

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]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:57:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684456rasenganhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684456https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684456<![CDATA[Building an Invisible Daemon: Architecture Patterns for Local Developer Tools]]>Article URL: https://cocoindex.io/blogs/building-an-invisible-daemon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47503647

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]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:00:11 +0000https://cocoindex.io/blogs/building-an-invisible-daemongeorgehe9https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47503647https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47503647<![CDATA[How do you usually discover new developer tools?]]>Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486223

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]]>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:56:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486223Alen_Phttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486223https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486223<![CDATA[Show HN: DevToolBox – 93 Free Online Developer Tools (JSON, Regex, JWT, Base64)]]>Article URL: https://viadreams.cc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374381

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]]>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:02:51 +0000https://viadreams.ccarenas2026https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374381https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374381<![CDATA[DirectX: Bringing Console-Level Developer Tools to Windows]]>Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-bringing-console-level-developer-tools-to-windows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357206

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]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:14:10 +0000https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-bringing-console-level-developer-tools-to-windows/haunterhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357206https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357206<![CDATA[Claude Code Is Great at Building Developer Tools]]>Article URL: https://keegan.codes/blog/claude-code-developer-tools

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340720

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]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:09:51 +0000https://keegan.codes/blog/claude-code-developer-toolsmooredshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340720https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340720<![CDATA[Show HN: DevKit – 80 browser-based developer tools, no signup, all client-side]]>Built DevKit because I was tired of pasting JWTs, API keys, and wallet addresses into random online tools. Everything processes in-browser — nothing touches a server.

80 tools across 8 categories: - Format & Validate: JSON, SQL, Markdown, YAML, HTML, CSS - Encode/Decode: Base64, URL, JWT, Image→Base64, HTML Entities - Convert: Timestamps, JSON↔CSV, JSON↔YAML, cURL→fetch, chmod, Cron, Bitwise, Memory - Generate: Hashes, Passwords, UUIDs, Lorem Ipsum, JWTs, ASCII Art, .gitignore, CSP - Test: Regex, Diff, JSONPath, HTTP Headers, Color Contrast, Password Strength - Docs: Git (70+ cmds + 10 rescue scenarios), Docker, Bash, TypeScript, React Hooks, GraphQL, SQL - AI & ML: Token counter, dataset cleaner, confusion matrix, embedding visualizer - Blockchain/Web3: Keccak-256, ABI encoder, Merkle tree, gas calculator, wallet validator

5 developer themes (Midnight, GitHub Dark, Dracula, Nord, Monokai). Feedback welcome — what tools are missing?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297835

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]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:57:04 +0000https://devkit.escalixstudio.comshubham30071997https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297835https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297835<![CDATA[Show HN: SurvivalIndex – which developer tools do AI agents choose?]]>We've been running coding agents against standardized repos with natural-language prompts — no tool names, no hints — and measuring what they actually choose.

Early finding: Claude Code picks Custom/DIY in 12 of 20 categories. Not because it can't use the tools (BFCL scores suggest it can) but because it doesn't reach for them. That's a different failure mode than capability benchmarks measure.

We score each tool on: agent visibility, pick rate vs Custom/DIY, cross-context breadth, expert human ratings, and implementation success rate. Tools above survival=1 persist. Below it, agents synthesize around them.

Methodology is at survivalindex.org/methodology. Very curious what people think of the measurement approach, especially the human coefficient variable.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284175

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]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:24:41 +0000https://survivalindex.org/scalefirsthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284175https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284175<![CDATA[DevToolbox – 150 developer tools, no login, no tracking]]>https://devtoolbox.yashnandvana.in

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177613

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]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:26:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177613yashnandvanahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177613https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177613<![CDATA[Show HN: Blazor Developer Tools: React DevTools-Style for Blazor]]>Article URL: https://github.com/joe-gregory/blazor-devtools

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171918

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]]>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:57:32 +0000https://github.com/joe-gregory/blazor-devtoolsjoe-gregoryhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171918https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171918<![CDATA[Show HN: Fundraising events across the developer tools ecosystem]]>Article URL: https://ci.vc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122293

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]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:49:04 +0000https://ci.vctiagom87https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122293https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47122293<![CDATA[Ask HN: Share your workflow with AI developer tools]]>I mainly use Cursor:

* Big fan of the Plan, Debug and Review

* Often use parallel agents for ideation and getting multiple perspectives

* Should probably use sub agents

* Models: Opus 4.6 Max for the most important tasks, Sonnet 4.6 or Gemini 3.1 Pro for the rest.

* Great MCPs: Sentry, Chrome DevTools, Context7, DeepWiki, Exa

Would love to hear if I'm missing some great opportunities.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114181

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]]>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:09:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114181fstohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114181https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114181<![CDATA[Show HN: Devly – 50 developer tools in a native macOS menu bar]]>I got tired of jumping between browser tabs for everyday dev tasks like formatting JSON, hashing strings, converting colors, and testing regex. So I spent 6 months building Devly.

It sits in your macOS menu bar. Click, pick your tool, get your result, copy it, done. No internet required, no subscriptions, no tracking.

The hardest technical challenge was getting all 50+ tools to work inside Apple's App Sandbox without breaking functionality. Also spent a lot of time making it feel like a real macOS app rather than a web wrapper — pure SwiftUI, zero third-party dependencies.

Just hit #1 in Developer Tools on the App Store.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devly/id6759269801?mt=12 Website: https://devly.techfixpro.net/ All tools: https://devly.techfixpro.net/tools/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068214

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]]>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:09:38 +0000https://apps.apple.com/us/app/devly/id6759269801?mt=12aarush-prakashhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068214https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068214<![CDATA[TypeDock – 52 free developer tools]]>Article URL: https://typedock.vercel.app

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060926

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]]>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:54:23 +0000https://typedock.vercel.appelyonoxhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060926https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060926