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Cypress is a front-end testing tool for web applications, with an open-source Cypress App and a cloud-based Cypress Cloud service.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
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28.3
Bitbucket provides distributed version control and a place for teams to plan projects, code, test, and deploy.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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Cursor is a coding agent for building software, with a desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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PyCharm
PyCharm is an IDE for web, data, and AI/ML professionals, with a broad set of Python tools.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted8.2From $100 a year - 5
Bruno
Bruno is a Git-native API client for exploring and testing REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket APIs.
Free planOpen sourceAPIExtensionLinuxmacOS8.1From $6 a month - 6
CLion
CLion is a cross-platform IDE for C and C++ development, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planExtensionLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.8From $10.90 a month - 7
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE for professional Java and Kotlin development, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planAPIExtensionLinuxmacOS7.8Free plan - 8
Selenium
Selenium is a free suite of tools for automating web browsers, mainly to test web applications.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPIExtensionLinux7.8Free plan - 9
Postman
Postman is a platform for designing, testing, distributing, documenting, and monitoring APIs.
Free planWebExtensionLinuxmacOS7.6From $9 a month - 10
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a Windows IDE for building web, cloud, desktop, and mobile apps, along with services and games.
Free planAPIWindows7.6Free plan - 11
Zed
Zed is a code editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a free Personal plan and paid Pro and Business options.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.6From $10 a month - 12
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source code editor with AI-assisted development tools for macOS, Linux, Windows and the web.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.4Free plan - 13
Buildkite
Buildkite Pipelines is a CI/CD platform that turns pipeline steps into jobs dispatched to agents.
Free planWebAPIExtensionLinux7.3From $30 a month - 14
CircleCI
CircleCI provides CI/CD tooling for engineering teams to ship code and validate changes.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.3From $15 a month - 15
Neovim
Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor designed for extensibility and usability.
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Insomnia
Insomnia is an API collaboration platform for designing, testing, debugging, mocking, and governing APIs.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.2From $12 a month - 17
Xcode Cloud
Xcode Cloud is a continuous integration and delivery service built into Xcode for Apple developers.
Free planiOSWebmacOS7.2From $49.99 a month - 18
Rider
Rider is a cross-platform IDE for .NET and game developers, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows7.0From $169 a year - 19
DataGrip
DataGrip is a desktop IDE for working with relational and NoSQL databases on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.8From $10.90 a month - 20
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is a text editor for code, markup, and prose, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.8 - 21
GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions automates CI/CD workflows through YAML pipeline configuration.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows6.7From $4 a month - 22
GitKraken Desktop
GitKraken Desktop is a Git client for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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GoLand
GoLand is an IDE for professional development in Go, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
LinuxmacOSWindows6.7 - 24
Playwright
Playwright is a web automation tool for testing, scripting, and AI agents.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.7Free plan - 25
Tower
macOSWindows6.5