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Developer Tools

API clients, secrets management, and developer productivity tools

2 open source tools·2 proprietary tools

Open Source Alternatives

Free and open source tools in this category.

Hoppscotch

Open source API development ecosystem — Postman alternative

79kMITSelf-hostable

TypeScriptVueNuxtapi-clienttesting

Infisical

Open source secrets management platform

25.9kMITSelf-hostable

TypeScriptReactNode.jssecretssecurity

Proprietary Tools

Commercial software in this category. Click to see open source alternatives.

HashiCorp Vault

Secrets management and data protection

freemiumfrom $0.03/hr1 alternative

Postman

API development and testing platform

freemiumfrom $12/user/mo2 alternatives

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