Give examples of really cool software made by a single developer?

1

Anki

#Studying #Flash Cards #Spaced Repetition 844 social mentions

2

calibre

Calibre, for everything ebook related. Https://calibre-ebook.com/.

#eBook Manager #eBook Reader #eBook Converter 546 social mentions

3

pre-commit by Yelp

Not exactly as high-stakes as some of the others in here, but Anthony Sottile wrote pre-commit and pre-commit.ci by himself and it’s one of the most useful tools in my arsenal because it triggers any number of code checks and stuff like that every time you do a big commit. I’ve got a number of his hooks installed as well as a linter, formatter, and type checker for my code, and it basically makes sure my code is of much higher quality.

#Git #Kids #Development 142 social mentions

4

BoltDB

#NoSQL Databases #Databases #Key-Value Database 13 social mentions

5

VCV Rack

#3D #Music Generation #Prototyping Tools 112 social mentions

6

Mochi

#Studying #Education #Flash Cards 48 social mentions

7

Lichess

#Chess #Games #Online Games 894 social mentions

8

Blue Iris

I’m 99% sure Blue Iris (a very popular nvr software for windows) is a single developer.

#Security #Surveillance #Video Surveillance 55 social mentions

9

Foundry Virtual Tabletop

Foundry VTT is made by a single dev and maintained on Patreon (although they may have hired help, IDK): https://foundryvtt.com/.

#Game Engine #Gaming #Online Games 319 social mentions