Developer Tools

Finds accessibility problems in Windows desktop apps with automated checks and a live view of the UI Automation tree.

Picks text and background colours from anywhere on screen and reports their contrast against the WCAG thresholds.

Scripting language for Windows automation: short scripts bind hotkeys, remap keys, expand abbreviations and drive other windows.

Git client with a visual interactive rebase, a built-in merge-conflict resolver and image diffs, sold as a one-time licence.

API client for REST, GraphQL and gRPC with an OpenAPI editor; work stays local or in Git, and the free plan caps Git Sync at three users.

Electronics design suite for schematic capture and PCB layout, with SPICE simulation, a 3D board viewer and Gerber output.

GPU-rendered terminal with built-in tabs and split layouts, plus its own protocols for inline images and keyboard input.

Desktop app for downloading and running open-weight language models locally, with a chat window and an OpenAI-compatible local API.

CAD modeller where a part is written as a script of solids and transforms, then rendered to STL, so designs are easy to parameterise.

Microsoft's open-source shell and scripting language for Windows, macOS and Linux, where commands pass .NET objects instead of text.

Command-line installer that puts apps in your user profile without admin prompts, driven by JSON manifests from community buckets.

Terminal emulator with a built-in SSH and SFTP client, serial and Telnet sessions, split panes and an encrypted vault for secrets.

Microsoft's command-line package manager, included with current Windows, for finding, installing and upgrading apps from a community catalogue.

Minimal GPU-rendered terminal with no tabs or splits, configured entirely through a text file.

Google's official Android IDE, bundling the emulator, layout inspector and Gradle build tooling.

Apache IDE for Java, PHP and JavaScript, with project templates and a visual GUI builder.

Editor and toolchain for Arduino boards, handling compilation and upload over USB in one window.

SQL client with an autocompleting query editor, aimed at readability over configuration depth.

API client that stores request collections as plain text files so they live in your Git repository.

Command-line package manager for Windows that installs and updates applications from a community repository.

C, C++ and Fortran IDE that works with several compilers through a plugin-based build system.

Browser for remote storage, connecting to SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and consumer cloud drives in one window.

Spreadsheet-style editor for SQLite files, letting you browse and edit tables without writing SQL.

Database client that connects to most SQL engines through JDBC, with an ER diagram viewer.

Offline collection of everyday developer utilities such as encoders, formatters and generators.

Plugin-based IDE from the Eclipse Foundation, with separate distributions for Java, C/C++ and embedded work.

Command-line toolkit for decoding, converting and streaming nearly any audio or video format.

Long-running FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with a transfer queue and a side-by-side local and remote tree.

Font editor that draws glyph outlines and exports to TrueType, OpenType and web font formats.

Lightweight IDE built on GTK, with basic build commands and few external dependencies.

GPU-accelerated terminal that uses native platform widgets instead of drawing its own interface.

Distributed version control system that keeps a full project history in every working copy.

Graphical Git client that turns commits, branches and pull requests into a point-and-click workflow.

Extensible editor with a built-in Lisp interpreter, letting users reprogram the editor while it runs.

Game engine with a scene-based editor for 2D and 3D projects, exporting to desktop, mobile and web targets.

Lightweight Windows client for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases.

Modal terminal editor with selection-first editing and language server support that needs no plugins.

Package manager for macOS and Linux that installs command-line tools and desktop apps from the terminal.

Hex editor for reverse engineering, with a pattern language that labels binary structures.

Java and Kotlin IDE whose free tier covers everyday development, with Ultimate sold as a subscription.

Terminal IRC client with a split-window layout and a Perl scripting interface for automating channel tasks.

Terminal interface for Git that turns staging, rebasing and stashing into single keystrokes.

Desktop client for Mattermost servers, letting a team run its own channel-based chat on its own infrastructure.

Visual diff and merge tool that compares two or three files and whole directory trees.

Remote computing toolbox bundling SSH, RDP, VNC, SFTP and an X server in one portable app.

Vim fork with an embedded Lua runtime, a built-in LSP client and asynchronous plugin architecture.

Mesh VPN with access policies and an optional self-hosted control plane you run on your own server.

Native macOS editor from Panic with SFTP, Git and task runners built into a single window.

Runs open-weight language models on your own machine and exposes them over a local API.

Administration tool for PostgreSQL, covering query editing, server monitoring and backups.

Container manager that runs images without a background daemon or root privileges.

Small SSH and telnet client that runs from a single executable with no installation needed.

Python IDE with a free tier covering core development, plus refactoring and test-runner integration.

Keyboard-driven browser with Vim-style bindings and a minimal interface, configured in Python.

Command line tool that copies and syncs between more than seventy cloud storage services and local disks.

Command line backup program with encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and a verifiable repository format.

IDE for R and Python built around a console, plot pane and R Markdown authoring in one layout.

Live coding environment where music is written as code and changed while it is playing.

Git and Mercurial client with a visual branch graph and interactive rebase support.

Scientific Python IDE with a variable explorer and IPython console aimed at data analysis work.

Native Git client with a syntax-highlighted diff view and a searchable commit history.

Native code editor known for fast startup, multiple cursors and project-wide Goto Anything search.

Builds a private WireGuard mesh between your own machines, so they reach each other without port forwarding.

Python IDE for beginners that steps through expression evaluation and shows variable state visually.

Git client built into Windows Explorer, exposing repository actions from the right-click menu.

Game engine with a visual editor and C# scripting, free on the Personal plan for teams under a revenue threshold.

Virtual machine host for macOS built on QEMU, running both emulated and native-speed guests.

Modal terminal editor where editing commands are composed from keystrokes instead of menus.

Virtualisation tool that runs guest operating systems in windows on the host desktop.

Extensible code editor with an integrated debugger, terminal and a large extension marketplace.

Desktop hypervisor for running virtual machines, free for personal and commercial use since 2024.

Community build of the VS Code source with Microsoft telemetry and branding removed.

Terminal chat client built around IRC, extended with scripts in Python, Perl, Ruby and other languages.

Terminal emulator and multiplexer configured in Lua, with built-in panes and SSH sessions.

Tabbed terminal for Windows that hosts Command Prompt, PowerShell and WSL in one window.

Windows tool for comparing and merging files or folders, with image and binary comparison modes.

File transfer client for SFTP, FTP and SCP, with a two-pane layout and scripting support.

Network protocol analyser that captures live traffic and decodes it packet by packet.

Apple's IDE for macOS and iOS development, bundling simulators, Instruments and Interface Builder.

Terminal file manager written in Rust, doing image previews and file operations without blocking the UI.

Offline documentation browser that stores API reference docsets for searching without a network.

Rust code editor with GPU rendering and built-in multiplayer editing, from the team behind Atom.