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Alternatives to Founder Best

50 Developer Tools apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. 1

    GitHub

    Where the world builds software

    4.9Free

    Launch
  2. 2

    Vercel

    Ship at the speed of thought

    4.8Free tier

    Launch
  3. 3

    CodePen

    Front-end playground

    4.7Free

    Launch
  4. 4

    Replit

    Build software, collaboratively

    4.6Free

    Launch
  5. 5

    NocoDB

    Instantly turn your Database into a No-Code Platform

    nocodb.com

    Launch
  6. 6

    Insomnia

    The Collaborative API Development Platform

    insomnia.rest

    Launch

Why choose an alternative

  • They cost nothing

    7 of these are free. Founder Best is paid.

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  • The code is open

    46 of these are open source.

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  • You can host it yourself

    13 of these are built to run on your own server.

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  • Your data stays yours

    Espanso is built around privacy.

    E

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