Are there any lesser-known tools you use a lot in your work?

Developer Tools APIs Note Taking

ngrok Landing Page
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ngrok

ngrok enables secure introspectable tunnels to localhost webhook development tool and debugging tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Https://ngrok.com/ Makes your localhost accessible via internet url in 1 line, very flexible free plan as well!

#Testing #Localhost Tools #Webhooks 368 social mentions
Org mode Landing Page
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Org mode

Org: an Emacs Mode for Notes, Planning, and Authoring
Pricing:
- Open Source
Emacs for notes (org-mode) and git (magit). I've found nothing that beats those two.

#Task Management #Project Management #Note Taking 174 social mentions
Doom Emacs Landing Page

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Doom Emacs

Emacs configuration similar to Spacemacs but faster and lighter.

Emacs for notes (org-mode) and git (magit). I've found nothing that beats those two.

#Text Editors #IDE #Knowledge Management 154 social mentions
Getform Landing Page
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Getform

Smart form endpoints. The modern way to build the form backend.
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $9.0 / Monthly
I would recommend getform, it has a generous free tier as well. https://getform.io/.

#Surveys #Form Builder #Forms And Surveys 14 social mentions
Paw.cloud Landing Page

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Paw.cloud

Paw is a REST client for Mac.

Paw for a REST client and quickly sharing projects with teams.

#API Tools #APIs #Web Service Automation 42 social mentions
Hoppscotch Landing Page
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Hoppscotch

Open source API development ecosystem
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Web App #Productivity #APIs 77 social mentions
Minio Landing Page

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Minio

Minio is an open-source minimal cloud storage server.

Minio - Self-hosted object-storage. It's S3 compatible, so I can use Minio for local develop and then switch to S3 in production without changing my code.

#Cloud Storage #Cloud Computing #Object Storage 154 social mentions
localhost.run Landing Page

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localhost.run

Instantly share your localhost environment!

Localhost.run is easier and doesn't require installing anything.

#Localhost Tools #Testing #Webhooks 40 social mentions
WakaTime Landing Page
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WakaTime

Analytics for programmers using open-source text editor plugins.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Wakatime It keeps track of how much time you spend in a project in your IDE, and specifies that per branch, file, filetype, and many other options. Free option keeps 14 days of history, paid plan even more. Makes time tracking much easier!

#Time Tracking #Invoicing #Project Management 44 social mentions
asciinema Landing Page
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asciinema

Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way. Forget screen recording apps and blurry video. Enjoy a lightweight, purely text-based approach to terminal recording.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Asiinema - Another screen recorder but for you terminal.

#Development Tools #Terminal Tools #Terminal Session Sharing 67 social mentions
Mantine Landing Page
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Mantine

React library, 60+ hooks and components with dark theme support and focus on accessibility
Pricing:
- Open Source
Likewise for Mantine. It’s the only ui component lib I’ve used that hasn’t pissed me off.

#Open Source #ReactJS #UI 114 social mentions
Live.js Landing Page

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Live.js

Live. js. one script closer to designing in the browser. Say goodbye to Alt-Tab. Live.

Live.js - automatically refreshes the page when we edit the sources.

#Developer Tools #Image Optimisation #Browser Testing 3 social mentions
GoFullPage Landing Page

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GoFullPage

GoFullPage is an all-in-one browser extension for Chromium, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome that lets you capture screenshots for page layouts.

#Tool #Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots 8 social mentions
HTTPie Landing Page
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HTTPie

CLI HTTP that will make you smile. JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, and more.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CLI #Command Line Tools #Curl 46 social mentions
asdf-vm Landing Page
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asdf-vm

An extendable version manager
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming #Programming Tools #Version Manager 162 social mentions
Paste App Landing Page

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Paste App

PASTE is software for storing and sharing text. The software was originally forked from the outrageously popular pastebin. com before the domain was sold in 2010. Read more about PASTE.

I get a ton of use out of my favorite clipboard manager called Paste. Clipboard manager with a search is a must have. I think it may be one of my most used apps.

#Clipboard Manager #Mac #Productivity 23 social mentions
CleanShot X Landing Page

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CleanShot X

Capture your Mac’s screen like a PRO ⚡️

#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 74 social mentions
MightyShare.io Landing Page
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MightyShare.io

Generate Social Images for WordPress
Pricing:
- Freemium
- $5.0 / Monthly
Https://mightyshare.io/ - Automatically generates social share images for WordPress sites.

#Wordpress Plugins #Wordpress #Social Media Tools 1 social mentions
Fig Terminal Landing Page
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Fig Terminal

Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Also Fig for terminal autocompletion is pretty nifty and looks nice.

#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions
MailCatcher Landing Page
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MailCatcher

MailCatcher runs a super simple SMTP server which catches any message sent to it to display in a...
Pricing:
- Open Source
Mailhog sounds a lot like mailcatcher.

#Office Suites #Email #Email Testing 12 social mentions
The Silver Searcher Landing Page

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The Silver Searcher

A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

Maybe it does belong here, but the silver searcher has saved me a lot of debugging time on client projects searching for all instances of a used function or component. Like, I can't believe there was a time when I didn't use it.

#File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager 34 social mentions
SVGO Landing Page

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SVGO

Tool for optimizing SVG files

Svgomg is just a web frontend for svgo. You can run it locally on the command line.

#Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Vector Graphic Editor 19 social mentions
DBngin Landing Page
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DBngin

Free all-in-one database version management tool 🛠️
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Databases #Web Development Tools #Developer Tools 11 social mentions
Webhook.site Landing Page
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Webhook.site

Instantly generate a free, unique URL and email address to test, inspect, and automate (with a visual workflow editor and scripts) incoming HTTP requests and emails.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- $14.0 / Monthly
#Developer Tools #APIs #Sales Workflow 68 social mentions