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Popular Tools

Top-rated tools used by indie developers worldwide

Namecheap
Affordable domain registration and management
paid Domains from $5.98/yr
Cloudflare
DNS, CDN, and security for your domains
freemium Free tier, Pro $20/mo
Cloudinary
Image and video management in the cloud
freemium Free 25K transformations/mo
Uploadthing
File uploads made simple for TypeScript apps
freemium Free 2GB, from $10/mo
Cloudflare R2
S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees
freemium Free 10GB, cheap usage-based
Fal.ai
Fast inference for generative AI models
freemium Usage-based pricing
Hugging Face
Open-source AI models and datasets
freemium Free tier, Pro $9/mo
Replicate
Run ML models with one line of code
freemium Usage-based pricing
Saas UI
React component library for SaaS products
freemium Free core, Pro from $299
Makerkit
SaaS starter kit for Next.js and Firebase
paid From $299 one-time
ShipFast
NextJS boilerplate with auth, payments, and more
paid From $199 one-time
LogSnag
Event tracking and monitoring for your product
freemium Free 1K events/mo