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🛠️ Independent Developer Tools Collection (Independent-developer-tools)

📦 Contains independent developers' technology stacks and tools

🚧 Please go to:【https://www.indietools.work 】 View official website 🚧

  • INDIE TOOLS has launched the column of "Semi monthly magazine", so that everyone can get the content of each semi monthly magazine as soon as possible

    • Subscription method: just follow the 【immtalk】 public account
    • Past content: Fast entry

  • Contribution Guide Portal:

🎯 Our Goals:

  • Simplify your workflow 🔄
  • Boost productivity 📈
  • Support your journey as an independent creator 🚀

💡 This site aims to be your one-stop resource center, providing tools and resources from project inception to deployment.

🔍 Key Features:

  • Curated Tools: High-quality, handpicked resources
  • Continuous Updates: We constantly collect and add new tools
  • Community Contributions: Everyone is welcome to share their favorite tools

📚 Categories

🧰 Tool List

Web Framework

  • smart-excel-ai - (Free) Built with Next.js, integrated with login, payment (Lemon Squeezy), and AI features.
  • Opensaas - (Free) Built with React + Node.js, integrated with login, payment (Stripe), email, and AI features.
  • Shipfast - (Paid) Built with Next.js, integrated with login, payment (Stripe), email, and AI features.
  • SupaStarter - (Paid) Offers both Next.js and Nuxt templates, feature-rich.
  • SaaS-Boilerplate - An open-source SaaS template, perfect for building your own SaaS application.
  • nextjs subscription payments - Open-sourced by Vercel, uses Stripe for payments.
  • boilerplatelist - Over 130 best SaaS boilerplates and starter kits, with guidance on evaluating and selecting the best SaaS boilerplate for your project needs.
  • Taxonomy - An open-source web application experiment built with Next.js 13 and React 18.
  • unibest - A cross-platform quick-start template powered by uniapp + Vue3 + Ts + Vite4 + UnoCss + UniUI.
  • mp-html - A mini-program rich text component that supports rendering and editing HTML, compatible with WeChat, QQ, Baidu, Alipay, Toutiao, and uni-app platforms.
  • lucky-canvas lottery plugin - A TS + Canvas-based lottery plugin, 🌈 one set of source code adapts to multiple frameworks: JS / Vue / React / Taro / UniApp / WeChat Mini Program, etc.
  • NotionNext - NotionNext, a free and open-source website builder for Notion, turning notes into high-performance static websites.
  • capacitorjs.com - Directly wraps Next.js into native apps.
  • discourse - A platform for community discussions.
  • umami - A simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.
  • Free for Developers - A website dedicated to collecting and organizing free online tools and resources for developers.

Chrome Extension Development

  • wxt.dev - Supports multiple frontend frameworks like Vue, Svelte, etc.
  • Plasmo Framework - Plasmo is a browser extension development platform that helps you build, publish, and manage browser extensions. Free to use with the Framework. Supports React/Typescript.
  • Responsive Viewer - A Chrome extension to verify responsive layouts across multiple devices with one click.
  • vitesse-webext - A Vite starter template for WebExtension development, supporting modern frontend technologies like Vue 3, TypeScript, and UnoCSS.
  • chrome-extension-boilerplate-react-vite - A template for creating Chrome extensions using React and TypeScript, focusing on build speed and development experience with Vite (Rollup) and Turborepo.
  • chrome-extension-typescript-starter
  • crxjs - A tool library designed to simplify the Chrome extension bundling process.
  • extension.js - A no-config, cross-browser extension development tool supporting TypeScript, WebAssembly, React, and modern JavaScript, designed for practicality and rapid prototyping.
  • Chrome Stats - A tool to discover Chrome extension needs.
  • How to add a 🏅 "Featured" badge to your Chrome extension?

Frontend Development

  • Next.js - Built with React.
  • Nuxt - Built with Vue.
  • Remix - A full-stack framework built with React.
  • Webpack Config Tool - Generates webpack.config.js with one click.
  • AutoX.js - A JavaScript automation software that doesn't require root access.
  • Cypress - The most complete end-to-end solution.
  • XRender - An easy-to-use solution for forms, tables, and charts in mid-to-backend systems.
  • Puppeteer - A JavaScript library providing a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox via DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi.
  • ice - A React-based application development framework, out-of-the-box, supporting both mobile and desktop.
  • Notiflix - A pure JavaScript library for non-blocking notifications, popups, and loading indicators on the client side.
  • driver.js - Quickly implement product tours, highlights, contextual help, and more.
  • 3D model - A Vue3-based 3D model display component.
  • wcf.js - A powerful, fast, and open-source WeChat robot framework.
  • Pagefind - Static search for blogs/docs.
  • payloadcms - A headless CMS and application framework.
  • apprise - Push notifications for almost any platform.
  • SEO Optimization Guide
  • How to do SEO optimization?
  • AITDK SEO Extension - A free All-in-One SEO plugin.
  • Web-based video and audio player

Backend Development

  • Nest.js - Built with Node.js.
  • Midway.js - Built with Node.js.
  • Django - Built with Python, a full-stack framework with a built-in admin panel, strong security features, and excellent internationalization support, ideal for rapid development of complex web applications.
  • Koa - Built with Node.js, lightweight and highly flexible, suitable for building small applications and APIs.
  • Actix - Built with Rust, ultra-high performance, memory-safe, ideal for building high-concurrency, low-latency web services.
  • Echo - Built with Go, high performance, simple and easy to use, suitable for building RESTful APIs and microservices.
  • Gin - Built with Go, high performance, lightweight, suitable for building microservices and high-concurrency APIs.
  • supabase - An open-source backend development solution platform.
  • appwrite - A backend platform for developing web and mobile applications.
  • notify - A Go library for sending notifications to various messaging services.

Database Management

  • Mongodb - A free database provided by the official.
  • TiDB Cloud - Free, up to 5GB.
  • Realm - An alternative to SQLite.
  • MySQL - The most popular open-source relational database.
  • PostgreSQL - A powerful open-source object-relational database system.
  • Redis - An open-source (BSD licensed) in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker.

Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)

Styling & UI Frameworks

Prototyping

  • Modao - A domestic product prototyping tool.
  • Figma - A foreign product prototyping tool.
  • penpot - An open-source and free alternative to Figma.
  • Sketch - A foreign product prototyping tool.
  • Adobe XD - A foreign product prototyping tool.
  • V0 - Text to UI.
  • Canva - A graphic design platform.
  • designspells - A collection of numerous product design details, great for inspiration when you're stuck.
  • uidesign.tips - Learn how to design better user interfaces with simple UI tips to keep your users satisfied.
  • OpenUI - Similar to v0.dev, but builds UI components based on prompts.
  • happyhues - Website color schemes.

Authentication & Authorization

Payment Integration

  • Stripe - Requires business credentials, developer-friendly, powerful API.
  • Paddle - Low fees, an integrated payment infrastructure that simplifies and automates your billing operations so you can focus on growth.
  • Lemon Squeezy - A global payment platform with a simple application process, no company credentials required. Supports WeChat, Alipay, Visa/Mastercard, PayPal, and more, covering over 130 countries. Core features include smart revenue analysis, customer tracking, affiliate marketing tools, discount codes, and payment failure recovery.
  • PayPal - Personal accounts can be used, global coverage.
  • Payoneer - Personal accounts can be used, supports global payments.
  • Wise - Personal accounts can be used, favorable exchange rates, suitable for cross-border transfers.
  • FastSpring - Requires business credentials, provides a full e-commerce solution.
  • Ko-fi - A platform where creators can receive tips 💰, memberships 📚, and sell products 🛒 from fans.
  • WildCard - The preferred choice in China, register with an 86 phone number, a third-party service for virtual card services.

Email Services

Website Analytics

Customer Service & Feedback

Deployment & Hosting

  • Vercel - The first choice, mostly inaccessible in China.
  • Alibaba Cloud - Domestic cloud.
  • Tencent Cloud - Domestic cloud, often with discounts.
  • Github Pages - Free.
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • AirCode - By ByteDance.
  • Netlify
  • Zeabur - A cloud platform offering one-click deployment and unlimited scaling.
  • inngest - Inngest is a developer platform that combines event streams, queues, and persistent execution into a single reliability layer.
  • Sink - A simple/fast/secure link shortener with analytics, 100% running on Cloudflare.

Site Management

Domain Registration

  • Alibaba Cloud
  • Cloudflare
  • Namesilo - Automatically blocks whois.
  • tld-list - A domain price comparison site, comparing prices for each domain suffix across 54 registrars.
  • Dynadot - Provides a one-stop solution for domain registration, management, and email.
  • Godaddy - Godaddy, you know it.
  • ByteDance Volcano Engine - A domestic platform, the preferred choice for .cn domains.
  • Tencent Cloud - A domestic platform, the preferred choice for .cn domains.

Document Management

  • VitePress - A static site generator powered by Vite & Vue.
  • Notion
  • Astro Starlight - A documentation theme site for the Astro framework.
  • mintlify - Easily obtain product documentation.
  • Docusaurus - An easy-to-maintain open-source documentation website.

Agreement Generation

  • freeprivacypolicy - An online privacy policy generator, providing free, easy, and compliant templates for various privacy regulations (CPRA, CCPA, GDPR, etc.).
  • shopify policy generator - Provides website privacy policy templates.
  • privacy 1ts fun - Free privacy policy generation for apps/websites, can export in txt or html format.
  • TermsFeed - An automatic generator for privacy policies and terms & conditions.
  • Termly - An automatic generator for privacy policies and terms & conditions.
  • Open Source License Selector

Icon Resources

  • iconify
  • fontawesome
  • svgl - A rich collection of SVG logos, with one-click search and download, and supports direct code copying.
  • aspose-png-to-svg - A PNG to SVG tool supporting batch uploads.
  • fontawesome - Offers over 30,013 icons for various projects.
  • MingCute - A clean and elegant open-source icon library for designers and developers, perfect for web and mobile use.
  • iconbuddy - A search engine offering over 200,000 open-source SVG icons, allowing free search, download, customization, and editing.

Font Resources

Media Resources

  • vectorCraftr - A large collection of free illustration resources.
  • pexels - Free high-definition image resources.
  • vectorizer - Image vectorization.

Media Processing Tools

Screen Recording

  • OBS Studio - Open-source tool, cross-platform: Windows, Mac, Linux.
  • QuickRecorder - A multifunctional, lightweight, high-performance open-source macOS screen recording tool.
  • screenity - An open-source screen recording and annotation tool, privacy-protected with no usage restrictions.
  • focusee - A one-stop platform simplifying video creation, editing, and sharing, allowing everyone to create and share their ideas in minutes.

URL Shortener

Information Channels

Product Release

Logo Design

Project Management

  • Trello - A flexible visual project management tool.
  • Notion - A workspace integrating notes, documents, and task management.

Other Tools

🤝 How to Contribute

We warmly welcome your contributions! 🎉

If you know of a great tool that hasn't been listed, please submit a pull request.

📝 Contribution Steps:

  1. Fork this repository
  2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b add-new-tool)
  3. Add your tool to the appropriate category
  4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new tool')
  5. Push to the branch (git push origin add-new-tool)
  6. Create a new Pull Request

✅ Contribution Guidelines:

Please ensure your pull request follows these guidelines:

  • Use the following format: [Tool Name](Link) - Short Description
  • Double-check your spelling and grammar
  • Ensure your text editor is set to remove trailing whitespace

💡 Tip: Quality over quantity. Please only submit tools you believe are truly valuable!

🙏 Acknowledgments

  • Heartfelt thanks to the open-source community for making many of these tools possible
  • Special thanks to all the developers who contributed to this repository 👏

💫 Support Us

If you find this project useful, please consider:

  1. Giving the repository a ⭐ Star to show your support
  2. Sharing this repository to help other independent developers discover these valuable resources!
  3. Following this project for the latest updates

Your support is my motivation to keep improving! 🚀

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