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85 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Showing 25–48 of 85

  • Eclipse IDE logo

    Eclipse IDE

    Open-source, extensible IDE historically centered on Java development

    Free
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • ESLint logo

    ESLint

    Find and fix problems in JavaScript code

    Free
    • API

    1 alternative · 3 questions answered

  • F

    Fig

    IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal

    Free plan available

    4 alternatives · 3 limitations documented

  • Frappe logo

    Frappe

    The Python web framework behind ERPNext, sold as managed hosting through Frappe Cloud

    Free plan, then $5/mo
    • Web
    • Linux
    • Self-hosted
    8 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Garden logo

    Garden

    Kubernetes development and testing automation with shared caching, now owned by Incredibuild

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Git logo

    Git

    A free and open source distributed version control system

    Free

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • GitHub Copilot logo

    GitHub Copilot

    AI pair programmer for developers

    From $10/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +1
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • GitLab CI/CD logo

    GitLab CI/CD

    Automatically build, test, deploy, and monitor your applications with GitLab CI/CD

    Free plan available

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • GNAT Pro logo

    GNAT Pro

    Software development environments and toolchains for Ada, C/C++ and Rust

    Pricing on request

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • G

    GNU Emacs

    Extensible, customizable free text editor and computing environment

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • GoLand logo

    GoLand

    JetBrains IDE for developing applications in Go

    From $24/mo
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Harness logo

    Harness

    Software delivery platform across CI, CD, security testing and cost management

    Free plan available

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • HCP Terraform logo

    HCP Terraform

    Infrastructure as code provisioning and management, formerly Terraform Cloud

    Free plan, then $0.1/mo

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Helix logo

    Helix

    Post-modern modal text editor for the terminal, written in Rust

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows

    2 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • H

    Helm

    The package manager for Kubernetes

    Free

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Hookdeck logo

    Hookdeck

    Event gateway that receives, queues, retries and replays inbound webhooks

    Free plan, then $39/mo
    • Web
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • +1
    10 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • JetBrains Rider logo

    JetBrains Rider

    Cross-platform .NET IDE from JetBrains for C#, F#, VB.NET and Unity

    From $18.25/mo
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux

    2 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Jitsu logo

    Jitsu

    Open source event pipeline that streams behavioural data to your own warehouse

    Free plan, then $99/mo
    • Web
    • Linux
    • Self-hosted
    • +2
    8 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Keil MDK logo

    Keil MDK

    Microcontroller Development Kit for Arm-based devices

    Free plan available

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Keycloak logo

    Keycloak

    Open-source identity and access management server.

    Free
    • Self-hosted
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • +1
    7 integrations

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Moonrepo logo

    Moonrepo

    Monorepo build system and version manager platform

    Free
    • Web
    • API

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Namespace logo

    Namespace

    The dev platform for the next 100 billion commits

    Free plan, then $100/mo
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed. A vendor can buy a place in the results on the home page, on a category listing or on the catalogue, and where they do the result carries a Sponsored label. Everything not carrying that label is ordered on the same criteria as everything else, and a paid place never changes where an unpaid one lands: the editorial order flows around it. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

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Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.