As always, we’re keeping an eye on the latest tools making life easier for our fellow developers. In this post, we’ve picked some handy open-source tools made for developers like you, whether you’re working with AI, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Node.js.
These tools are simple to try, fun to explore, and can make your coding life a lot easier.
Without further ado, let’s explore the full list.
OpenCodeAI is a terminal-based AI coding assistant that works with over 75 AI models. It can understand your code through Language Server Protocol (LSP), helps with refactoring and suggestions, and runs commands directly in your terminal. It’s fast, customizable, and designed to fit naturally into your coding workflow.
Models.dev is an open-source, community-driven directory of AI models that helps you compare specs, features, and pricing across providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, and Google. It lists key details like token limits, context size, and costs which makes it a handy resource for developers, researchers, and teams choosing the right model for their needs.
PHP MCP Server is a modern PHP SDK for building MCP servers to allow AI tools like ChatGPT to interact with your PHP app. It uses PHP 8 Attributes, supports multiple transports such as HTTP, SSE, stdio, and runs efficiently with ReactPHP. Designed for PHP 8.1+, it’s fast, flexible, and production-ready.
Palmr is a secure, open-source file-sharing app that allows you to upload and share files with password protection, custom links, and access control. It has no tracking, no limits, and built with modern tech and actively developed. A perfect solution for those who want to share files privately and securely.
Pino is a fast and lightweight logging library for Node.js that outputs structured JSON logs. It’s built for performance and is great for production use, making logs easy to parse and integrate with monitoring tools.
This page is a hub for discovering Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers you can use with Visual Studio Code. These MCP allows AI agents in VS Code connect to external tools like GitHub, Figma, Playwright, and Sentry as well as enabling actions such as testing apps, fetching data, or editing files. It’s a great resource for developers looking to enhance their coding experience with AI.
Doppar is a fast, modern PHP framework inspired by Laravel, focused on simplicity and performance. It offers routing, ORM, caching, and other essentials, and supports PHP 8.3. A great alternative framework for building clean, scalable web apps.
OpenAI Cookbook is an official GitHub repo from OpenAI that provides practical examples and guides for using the OpenAI API. A helpful resource for developers looking to integrate and make the most of OpenAI models with ready-to-use code and tutorials.
Databag is a fast, lightweight, self-hosted messenger built for privacy and low-resource environments like the Raspberry Pi Zero. It offers a responsive UI, unlimited user accounts per node, and is open-source with active development on GitHub. An ideal alternative platform for personal or small-group messaging with full control over your data.
Speedtest Tracker is a self-hosted app that monitors your internet speed and uptime using Ookla’s Speedtest CLI. It runs in Docker, logs download/upload speeds, ping, and packet loss, and shows trends with graphs.
You can set alerts via email, Discord, or other channels when performance drops. A great tool for keeping tabs on your internet connection’s health and performance.
“What’s new in DevTools 136-138” by Chrome for Developers highlights the latest DevTools updates in Chrome. New features include faster workspace setup and better CSS debugging like support for corner-shape, calc(), and var().
The update brings improved AI assistance that can now keep styling changes, use screenshots in prompts, and help explain performance traces. Chrome 138 also adds helpful visual indicators for DOM issues right in the Elements panel.
Gemini CLI is a command-line tool from Google that brings Gemini AI models right into your terminal. It can help you speed up your work by automating tasks system, generating codes as well as content using plain language, or simply chatting with the AI.
Mixpost is a self-hosted, open-source tool for scheduling and managing social media posts across platforms like Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok. It supports team collaboration, post customization, video content. I think it’s a great solution for businesses and individuals looking to streamline their social media presence while keeping everything in-house.
Effect is a TypeScript library for building reliable, high-performance apps with strong type safety. It handles async tasks, errors, and side effects using a functional approach, with built-in support for tracing, metrics, HTTP, SQL, and more. A powerful tool for developers looking to create complex applications.
OpenSaaS is a free, open-source starter template for building full-featured SaaS apps fast. Built with React, Node.js, Prisma and includes the essentials like auth, payments, and analytics out of the box. A great stack for developers who want to launch modern, scalable SaaS products quickly without starting from scratch.
OCRFlux is a fast, open-source tool that converts complex PDFs and images into clean Markdown. It handles multi-column layouts, tables, and equations with high accuracy, supports English and Chinese, and runs locally on consumer GPUs or via Docker. A great tool for processing reports, receipts, and structured documents.
FilePond is a flexible JavaScript library for building sleek, accessible file upload components. It supports drag-and-drop, image previews, async uploads, and handles files from various sources. It’s easy to customize and integrate into any web app with adapters for React, Vue, Angular, and more.
Pomposer is an experimental tool that acts as a smarter wrapper around Composer. Inspired by PNPM, it aims to avoid repeated downloads of the same dependencies, speeding up installations and saving disk space. While it’s still in beta development, Pomposer shows promise for streamlining PHP dependency workflows.
Redis Insight is a free, official GUI for Redis that helps you explore, debug, and optimize your databases. It supports all Redis deployments and offers features like visual data browsing, an advanced CLI with auto-complete, AI-powered query assistance, performance insights, and real-time stream monitoring. It’s a powerful tool for both new and experienced Redis users.
This project allows you to run macOS inside a Docker container using KVM virtualization. You can access the macOS instance via a web browser, customize CPU, RAM, and disk settings, and even pass through USB devices.
It supports macOS versions 11 to 15 and can be run via Docker Compose, CLI, or Kubernetes. It’s an ideal tool for testing macOS apps on non-Apple hardware like Linux or Windows.
