Best Development Software
IDEs, hosting, deployment, and developer tools
Visual Studio Code
Free, open-source code editor by Microsoft
Free & open source
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JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
Professional IDE for Java and Kotlin development
Community Edition free · Ultimate from $16.90/mo
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Cursor
AI-first code editor built for pair programming with AI
Free tier available · Pro from $20/mo
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Sublime Text
Lightning-fast text editor for code and markup
$99 one-time license
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Vercel
Frontend cloud platform for deploying web applications
Free hobby tier · Pro from $20/mo
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Netlify
Modern web platform for deploying static and dynamic sites
Free starter tier · Pro from $19/mo/member
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
World's most comprehensive cloud computing platform
Free tier available · Pay-as-you-go
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DigitalOcean
Simple cloud infrastructure for developers
Droplets from $4/mo
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Docker
Containerisation platform for building and shipping apps
Free for personal use · Pro from $5/mo
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GitHub Actions
CI/CD and workflow automation built into GitHub
Free for public repos · 2,000 min/mo on free tier
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CircleCI
Continuous integration and delivery platform
Free tier (6,000 min/mo) · From $15/mo
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GitHub
The world's leading software development platform
Free for public & private repos · Team from $4/user/mo
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GitLab
Complete DevSecOps platform in a single application
Free tier available · Premium from $29/user/mo
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Bitbucket
Git solution for professional teams by Atlassian
Free up to 5 users · Standard from $3/user/mo
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Postman
API development platform for building and testing APIs
Free tier available · Pro from $14/user/mo
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Insomnia
Open-source API client for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC
Free tier available · Individual from $5/mo
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Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative with Postgres
Free tier available · Pro from $25/mo
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MongoDB Atlas
Fully managed cloud database for document data
Free M0 cluster (512MB) · Pay-as-you-go
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PlanetScale
Serverless MySQL platform with branching workflows
Scaler plan from $39/mo
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Sentry
Application monitoring and error tracking platform
Free developer tier · Team from $26/mo
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Datadog
Cloud-scale monitoring, security, and analytics platform
Free tier (5 hosts) · Pro from $15/host/mo
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