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All tools

What indie makers build with, extracted from the todos they ship. Counts are makers, not mentions, so one prolific maker can't move a tool on their own.

Trending

Fastest growth in makers mentioning it, last 90 days vs. the 90 before.

Jev
New
Jev

AI model for typed software decisions with probabilities and calibrated confidence.

15 makers
Omarchy
New
Omarchy

Agent-friendly Linux distribution with a preconfigured developer desktop.

10 makers
DeepSeek
6.0×
DeepSeek

AI assistant and API platform for accessing open large language models.

6 makers
Blender
5.0×
Blender

Free and open-source 3D creation suite for modeling, rendering, animation, and VFX.

5 makers
OpenRouter
OpenRouter 3.5×
Grok
Grok 3.3×
Raycast
Raycast 3.0×
Facebook
Facebook 3.0×
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails 2.7×
Git
Git 2.4×
Model Context Protocol
Model Context Protocol 2.3×
OpenCode
OpenCode 2.0×

Most used

The tools most makers mention, all time.

1
X (Twitter)
X (Twitter)
Social network for real-time posts, conversations, news, and audience distribution.
563
2
Product Hunt
Product Hunt
Community platform for discovering, launching, and upvoting new tech products.
413
3
Stripe
Stripe
Financial infrastructure for accepting payments, billing customers, and managing money movement.
375
4
WIP
WIP
Communities & launch platforms
371
5
GitHub
GitHub
Developer platform for hosting code, collaborating, tracking issues, and automating workflows.
361
6
YouTube
YouTube
Video platform for publishing, watching, and sharing videos and Shorts.
283
7
Telegram
Telegram
Cloud-based messaging app with groups, channels, bots, and an open API.
257
8
Facebook
Facebook
Social network for sharing content, building pages and groups, and reaching audiences.
250
9
Reddit
Reddit
Social news and community platform organized into topic-based forums.
239
10
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
Professional social network for career identity, networking, content, and recruiting.
220
11
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Web and app analytics for understanding customer behavior and marketing performance.
218
12
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Global network platform for CDN, DNS, security, serverless compute, and storage.
209
13
Instagram
Instagram
Photo and video social network for sharing posts, stories, and reels.
184
14
Slack
Slack
Team chat and collaboration platform for channels, workflows, apps, and notifications.
182
15
Claude Code
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that edits code, runs commands, and helps ship software.
177
16
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Fast, secure web browser from Google with developer tooling and extension support.
163
17
Hacker News
Hacker News
A tech news forum and launch community for discussions, Ask HN, Show HN, and jobs.
160
18
WordPress
WordPress
Open-source CMS and publishing platform for building websites, blogs, and apps.
157
19
Next.js
Next.js
Full-stack React framework for building web applications.
152
20
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
Cloud computing platform with hosting, storage, databases, AI, and infrastructure services.
150

Most loved

Share of makers who praise it, among tools 25+ makers mention.

1
Duolingo
Duolingo
Language-learning app with bite-sized, gamified lessons.
53%
2
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
AI assistant for writing, coding, research, image generation, and productivity tasks.
51%
3
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
Question-and-answer community for programmers and software developers.
50%
4
Claude Code
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that edits code, runs commands, and helps ship software.
48%
5
Cursor
Cursor
AI coding agent and editor for building software with code generation and assistance.
47%
6
GPT
GPT
OpenAI model family for text, coding, image, and reasoning tasks.
47%
7
Claude Fable
Claude Fable
Frontier AI model for long-running coding, agents, and knowledge work.
43%
8
Hetzner
Hetzner
Cloud, dedicated server, web hosting, and storage infrastructure provider.
43%
9
Obsidian
Obsidian
Private Markdown-based note-taking and knowledge management app with plugins, sync, and publishing.
41%
10
Coolify
Coolify
Open-source self-hosting platform for deploying apps, databases, and services to your own servers.
41%

Most complained about

Share of makers who complain about it, among tools 25+ makers mention.

1
Codex
Codex
AI coding agent for writing, reviewing, and shipping software across ChatGPT, IDEs, terminal, and cloud.
33%
2
Claude Opus
Claude Opus
Hybrid reasoning AI model for coding, agents, and professional work.
31%
3
Safari
Safari
Web browser for Apple devices with privacy, extensions, and web app support.
28%
4
Coolify
Coolify
Open-source self-hosting platform for deploying apps, databases, and services to your own servers.
26%
5
Hetzner
Hetzner
Cloud, dedicated server, web hosting, and storage infrastructure provider.
25%
6
Namecheap
Namecheap
Domain registrar and web hosting provider for buying domains, DNS, email, and hosting.
25%
7
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Fast, secure web browser from Google with developer tooling and extension support.
25%
8
Claude Code
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that edits code, runs commands, and helps ship software.
24%
9
Uber
Uber
Ride-hailing, delivery, and logistics platform for transportation and local commerce.
22%
10
Azure
Azure
Cloud computing platform for hosting apps, APIs, databases, AI services, and infrastructure.
21%

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