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Best Tools for Developers in 2026

Developer productivity tools for coding, testing, and deploying.

30 tools found

CursorFeatured

AI-first code editor

4.9 (164)

Unknown from FreeMac, Windows, Linux

1185 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

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n8n

Source-available workflow automation

4.9 (146)

Freemium from FreeWeb, Self-hosted

1032 upvotesProductivity & Automation

1PasswordFeatured

Password manager for businesses & families

4.8 (182)

Contact Sales from $3/user/moWeb, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome Extension

1306 upvotesSecurity Tools

ElevenLabsFeatured

AI voice & audio generation

4.8 (164)

Freemium from FreeWeb, iOS, Android

1177 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

Bitwarden

Open-source password management

4.8 (146)

Freemium from $1.65/moWeb, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-hosted

1035 upvotesSecurity Tools

VS Code

Free, open-source code editor

4.8 (65)

Free from FreeMac, Windows, Linux, Web

300 upvotesDeveloper Tools

ClaudeFeatured

AI assistant by Anthropic

4.8 (60)

Freemium from FreeWeb, iOS, Android

275 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

Plausible Analytics

Privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

4.8 (37)

Free Trial from $9/moWeb

163 upvotesAnalytics & BI

MakeFeatured

Automate anything without code

4.7 (164)

Freemium from FreeWeb

1170 upvotesProductivity & Automation

GitHubFeatured

Where the world builds software

4.7 (75)

Freemium from FreeWeb, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux

301 upvotesDeveloper Tools

Grammarly

AI writing assistant

4.7 (68)

Freemium from ₹392/moWeb, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Chrome Extension

310 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

ChatGPTFeatured

AI assistant by OpenAI

4.7 (61)

Freemium from FreeWeb, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows

322 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

MidjourneyFeatured

AI art generator

4.7 (73)

Paid from $10/moDiscord, Web

273 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

CloudflareFeatured

Connect, protect, and build the web

4.7 (67)

Freemium from FreeWeb

278 upvotesCloud & Hosting

Docker

Develop, ship, and run applications

4.7 (71)

Unknown from FreeMac, Windows, Linux

274 upvotesDeveloper Tools

PostmanFeatured

API platform for building & using APIs

4.7 (69)

Freemium from FreeWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux

290 upvotesDeveloper Tools

VercelFeatured

Frontend cloud for developers

4.7 (65)

Contact Sales from FreeWeb

265 upvotesCloud & Hosting

Sentry

Application monitoring & error tracking

4.7 (52)

Freemium from FreeWeb, Self-hosted

244 upvotesDeveloper Tools

Hugging Face

Open-source AI community

4.7 (51)

Freemium from $20/user/monthWeb

234 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

PerplexityFeatured

AI-powered answer engine

4.7 (57)

Freemium from $20/moWeb, iOS, Android

216 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

PostHogFeatured

Open-source product analytics

4.7 (45)

Freemium from $0Web, iOS, Android, Self-hosted

208 upvotesAnalytics & BI

Fathom Analytics

Simple, privacy-first website analytics

4.7 (31)

Free Trial from $15/moWeb

170 upvotesAnalytics & BI

Netlify

Build, deploy & scale modern web projects

4.6 (182)

Contact Sales from FreeWeb, CLI

1337 upvotesDeveloper Tools

NordVPN

Secure VPN service

4.6 (63)

Paid from $3.09/moMac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android

297 upvotesCybersecurity

ExpressVPN

High-speed VPN service

4.6 (61)

Paid from $2.99/moMac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Routers

269 upvotesCybersecurity

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer

4.6 (54)

Freemium from $0/moVS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Vim/Neovim

255 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

DigitalOceanFeatured

Cloud infrastructure for developers

4.6 (61)

Unknown from $4/moWeb

265 upvotesCloud & Hosting

Runway

AI for creative tools

4.6 (48)

Freemium from FreeWeb, iOS

223 upvotesAI & Machine Learning

Cloudflare Zero Trust

Zero trust network access

4.6 (57)

Contact Sales from FreeWeb

225 upvotesCybersecurity

Snyk

Developer security platform

4.6 (55)

Freemium from FreeWeb, VS Code, JetBrains

222 upvotesDeveloper Tools

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