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RoundupAI-assisted · editor-reviewedUpdated 10 hours ago · 9 min read · by Sanjeet Pal Singh

The developer tools worth trying right now

The highest-signal developer tools on GitPalace — ranked by adoption, kept honest by live health checks.

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build-your-own-x
Markdown
New GitPalace545.6K GitHub starsHealth: Recently updated

Build your own <insert-technology-here> This repository is a compilation of well-written, step-by-step guides for re-creating our favorite technologies from scratch. What I cannot create, I do not understand — Richard Feynman. It's a great way to learn. 3D Renderer AI Model Augmented Reality BitTorrent Client Blockchain / Cryptocurrency Bot Command-Line Tool Database Docker Emulator / Virtual Machine Front-end Framework / Library Game Git Memory Allocator Network Stack Neural Network Operating System Physics Engine Processor Programming Language Regex Engine S

Pros
+Proven at scale — 545.6K★ on GitHub
+Actively maintained
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awesome
awesome
New GitPalace503.7K GitHub starsCC0-1.0Health: Actively maintained

Check out my macOS app Supercharge Elevate your Mac experience My open source work is supported by the community Special thanks to: Fast remote container builds and GitHub Actions runners. What is an awesome list?     Contribution guide     Creating a list     Twitter     Subscribe (RSS)     Just type awesome.re to go here. Check out my apps and follow me on Twitter . Contents — Platforms — Programming Languages

Pros
+Proven at scale — 503.7K★ on GitHub
+Actively maintained
+CC0-1.0 licensed
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public-apis
Python
New GitPalace476.5K GitHub starsMITHealth: Actively maintained

APILayer Unified Suite in now Live! 🎉 🥳 APILayer unified suite allows you to integrate production-grade REST APIs using One Account, One Dashboard, and One API key. Whether you need to geocode an address, validate an email, fetch a flight, pull stock market data, or scrape a search result. Sign up and start building today! Fork our official APILayer Postman Collection and get started in under 60 seconds. APIs Covered Under APILayer Suite! — IPstack — Markestack — Aviationstack — Positionstack — Mediastack — Mailboxlayer — Countrylayer — Serpstack — Scrapestack Try Public APIs for fre

Pros
+Proven at scale — 476.5K★ on GitHub
+Actively maintained
+MIT licensed
Watch-out
1.9K open issues to work through
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free-programming-books
Python
New GitPalace396.1K GitHub starsCC-BY-4.0Health: Actively maintained

List of Free Learning Resources In Many Languages     Search the list at https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books-search/ . This page is available as an easy-to-read website. Access it by clicking on . Intro This list was originally a clone of StackOverflow - List of Freely Available Programming Books with contributions from Karan Bhangui and George Stocker. The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of GitHub's most popular repositories.     &#1

Pros
+Proven at scale — 396.1K★ on GitHub
+Actively maintained
+CC-BY-4.0 licensed
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coding-interview-university
algorithm
New GitPalace360.5K GitHub starsCC-BY-SA-4.0Health: Inactive for over a year

Coding Interview University I originally created this as a short to-do list of study topics for becoming a software engineer, but it grew to the large list you see today. After going through this study plan, I got hired as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon! You probably won't have to study as much as I did. Anyway, everything you need is here. I studied about 8-12 hours a day, for several months. This is my story: Why I studied full-time for 8 months for a Google interview Please Note: You won't need to study as much as I did. I wasted a lot of time on things I didn't need to

Pros
+Proven at scale — 360.5K★ on GitHub
+CC-BY-SA-4.0 licensed
Watch-out
Little recent activity on GitHub
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awesome-python
Python
New GitPalace318.9K GitHub starsOtherHealth: Actively maintained

Awesome Python An opinionated guide to the best Python frameworks, libraries, and tools. Visit the website to search and filter projects more easily. Sponsors The #10 most-starred repo on GitHub. Put your product in front of Python developers. Become a sponsor. Categories AI & ML — AI and Agents — Deep Learning — Machine Learning — Natural Language Processing — Computer Vision — Recommender Systems Web Development — Web Frameworks — Web APIs — Web Servers — WebSocket — Template Engines — Web Asset Management — Authentication — Admin Panels — CMS — ERP — Static Site Generators HTTP & S

Pros
+Proven at scale — 318.9K★ on GitHub
+Actively maintained
+Other licensed

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build-your-own-xawesomepublic-apisfree-programming-books
GitPalace rating
GitHub stars545.6K503.7K476.5K396.1K
Would recommend
LicenseCC0-1.0MITCC-BY-4.0
HealthRecently updatedActively maintainedActively maintainedActively maintained

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