Best developer tools of 2026
100 products. Editors, CLIs, deploy targets, testing and the small utilities that give a maker back an hour a week.
For the maker who ships their own product and keeps the stack small. Members hunt what runs in their own repo, and each hunt says what it replaced.


Essential web app transitions, copy and paste
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Free animated component library, usable in code, Framer or over MCP
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Composable SVG gauges for React, from speedometers to smart home dials
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React loaders for the wait before an AI answers
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Terminal interfaces written in TypeScript, React or Solid on a Zig renderer
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Tune Metal shaders on sliders, export a real .metal file for SwiftUI
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Design engineering skills an agent loads: motion, accessibility, craft
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The WebGPU library built for agents: one shader in the browser, Node and CI
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Components and templates that make a landing page look expensive
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Production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript and Vue
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Open-source starter kit and UI library for AI design apps
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Animated shadcn-style components with an unusual visual voice
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117 animated text effects in pure CSS, ready to copy or hand to an AI agent
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169 animated React components for shadcn/ui and Next.js, from WebGL to carousels
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Audio UI components for React: meters, faders, knobs, visualizers and a full mixer
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A Mac workspace that runs Claude Code, Codex and other agents side by side on one repo
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Free sections and page templates for marketing sites, installed with shadcn
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Liquid glass components for React with real backdrop refraction
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Base UI primitives and components for shadcn projects, plus a set of Pro blocks
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Meta's open source design system, fully themeable and ready for agents
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Hand drawn UI controls that sketch themselves fresh on every mount
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Hand-coded UI components, animations and interactions
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