Soft.xyz is an independent, data-driven platform that compares 232+ developer tools across 69 categories by real metrics — GitHub activity, npm downloads, actual pricing, DX scores, and community sentiment. Unlike pay-to-play review sites, every ranking on Soft.xyz is based on publicly verifiable data pulled from GitHub, npm, and official pricing pages.

How does Soft.xyz collect data?

Soft.xyz pulls data from public APIs including GitHub (stars, forks, commits, open issues, last commit date), npm (weekly download counts), and official pricing pages. Community sentiment data comes from Reddit and Hacker News mention tracking. All metrics are refreshed weekly and timestamped so you can see exactly when data was last updated.

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How many tools does Soft.xyz track?

Soft.xyz tracks 232 developer tools across 69 categories including databases, hosting, authentication, payments, analytics, CI/CD, monitoring, search, CMS, and more. Each tool page includes real-time GitHub metrics, npm download counts, pricing breakdowns, and side-by-side comparisons with alternatives in the same category.

Who Uses What — Real Company Tech Stacks

VercelDeveloper Tools

300+ employees

Source: Jobs page & blog posts

SupabaseDeveloper Tools

100+ employees

Source: Blog & open source repos

LinearProductivity

80+ employees

Source: Tech blog & conference talks

NotionProductivity

500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog

ResendDeveloper Tools

20+ employees

Source: Founder tweets & docs

Cal.comScheduling

50+ employees

Source: Open source repo

Dub.coMarketing

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo

PlausibleAnalytics

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

Lemon SqueezyPayments

30+ employees

Source: Job listings & blog

MintlifyDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Docs & open source

ClerkDeveloper Tools

150+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

HashnodeContent Platform

80+ employees

Source: Engineering blog

ReplicateAI Infrastructure

60+ employees

Source: Jobs page & OSS

TursoDatabase

30+ employees

Source: Blog & conference talks

Trigger.devDeveloper Tools

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo

MiddayFintech

5+ employees

Source: Open source repo (fully open)

RaycastDeveloper Tools

50+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

FigmaDesign Tools

1000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

ShopifyE-commerce

10000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & Shopify Unite talks

PostHogAnalytics

60+ employees

Source: Open source repo & handbook

StripePayments

8000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

Fly.ioDeveloper Tools

50+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source repos

RailwayDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Blog & GraphQL API docs

InngestDeveloper Tools

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo & docs

NeonDatabase

100+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

ConvexDeveloper Tools

40+ employees

Source: Blog & open source client

Payload CMSDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo

UploadthingDeveloper Tools

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo & Theo's streams

GitLabDeveloper Tools

2000+ employees

Source: Open source repo & handbook

HashicorpInfrastructure

2000+ employees

Source: Open source repos & engineering blog

SanityCMS

150+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source studio

GhostPublishing

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo

AppwriteDeveloper Tools

50+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

DopplerSecurity

80+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

HoneycombObservability

200+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

BetterStackObservability

50+ employees

Source: Blog & product changelog

InfisicalSecurity

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo

TwilioCommunication

5000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

DigitalOceanCloud

1000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source repos

HasuraDeveloper Tools

100+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

ContentfulCMS

500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

ChecklyMonitoring

40+ employees

Source: Blog & open source CLI

StrapiCMS

60+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

MongoDBDatabase

5000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

AnthropicAI

500+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

CursorDeveloper Tools

100+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

FormbricksDeveloper Tools

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo

LagoBilling

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

DocumensoDeveloper Tools

15+ employees

Source: Open source repo

Twenty CRMCRM

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo

HyperswitchPayments

50+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

ErxesCRM

40+ employees

Source: Open source repo

BiomeDeveloper Tools

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo & governance docs

AxiomObservability

40+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

RenderDeveloper Tools

80+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

RetoolDeveloper Tools

400+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

WorkosDeveloper Tools

100+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

UpstashDatabase

20+ employees

Source: Blog & open source SDKs

MeilisearchSearch

50+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

PocketbaseDeveloper Tools

5+ employees

Source: Open source repo

DenoDeveloper Tools

40+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

PlanetscaleDatabase

80+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

CoolifyDeveloper Tools

5+ employees

Source: Open source repo

DrizzleDeveloper Tools

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

LoopsEmail Marketing

15+ employees

Source: Blog & founder posts

DiscordCommunication

900+ employees

Source: Engineering blog (1T messages on ScyllaDB post)

Anthropic (Claude.ai)AI

1500+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

LovableAI App Builder

30+ employees

Source: Founder talks & integrations docs

Bolt.new (StackBlitz)AI App Builder

50+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & product changelog

ModalAI Compute

30+ employees

Source: Jobs page & engineering blog

PolarPayments

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo

TinybirdAnalytics

70+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

LiveblocksRealtime

30+ employees

Source: Blog & open source SDKs

PlainCustomer Support

20+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & API docs

KnockNotifications

30+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

VapiAI Voice

30+ employees

Source: Job listings & API docs

ElevenLabsAI Audio

200+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

Browser Company (Arc/Dia)Browsers

100+ employees

Source: Job listings & founder talks

Perplexity AIAI Search

200+ employees

Source: Job listings & engineering blog

Linear (self)Developer Tools

80+ employees

Source: Tech blog & public architecture talks

BrexFintech

1000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

Vercel (product)Developer Tools

300+ employees

Source: Open source repos & engineering blog

Pika LabsAI Video

50+ employees

Source: Job listings & product integrations

Loom (Atlassian)Video Messaging

300+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

ReflectNote Taking

10+ employees

Source: Founder talks & product changelog

DescriptAI Audio/Video

200+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

ReplitDeveloper Tools

300+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source repos

Zed IndustriesDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo & engineering blog

WarpDeveloper Tools

80+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

GitpodDeveloper Tools

100+ employees

Source: Open source repo & engineering blog

Airplane.dev (Airtable)Internal Tools

60+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings (acquired by Airtable 2023)

Supabase (product)Developer Tools

100+ employees

Source: Open source repos & engineering blog

Fathom AnalyticsAnalytics

10+ employees

Source: Founder blog posts & open source privacy work

Raycast (internal tools)Developer Tools

50+ employees

Source: Blog & Raycast extensions store

RevolutFintech

8000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

WiseFintech

5000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

MonzoFintech

3000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & Monzo Making Money talks

N26Fintech

1500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

RobinhoodFintech

3000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

PlaidFintech

1000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

Oscar HealthHealthcare

3000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

RoHealthcare

800+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

Hims & HersHealthcare

1000+ employees

Source: Job listings & SEC filings

Devoted HealthHealthcare

1500+ employees

Source: Job listings & engineering talks

FlexportLogistics

3000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

ConvoyLogistics

800+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings (pre-shutdown)

ShipBobLogistics

1000+ employees

Source: Job listings & engineering talks

BigCommerceE-commerce

1500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & job listings

SpotifyMedia

10000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & Backstage open source

NetflixMedia

12000+ employees

Source: Netflix Tech Blog & open source projects

OpenAIAI

2000+ employees

Source: Job listings & engineering blog

MidjourneyAI

100+ employees

Source: Job listings & Discord community

Stability AIAI

200+ employees

Source: Open source repos & job listings

GitHubDeveloper Tools

3000+ employees

Source: GitHub Blog & The ReadME Project

JetBrainsDeveloper Tools

2000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & Kotlin conf talks

DatadogObservability

5000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

CloudflareInfrastructure

4000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source (Pingora, Workers runtime)

Grafana LabsObservability

1000+ employees

Source: Open source repos & engineering blog

TwitchMedia

2500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & GoCon talks

CoinbaseFintech

3500+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source repos

CanvaDesign Tools

4000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & conference talks

AtlassianDeveloper Tools

10000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & AtlasCamp talks

UberLogistics

30000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & open source (Cadence, Peloton)

Square (Block)Fintech

12000+ employees

Source: Engineering blog & Square Corner Blog

PerplexityAI Search

200+ employees

Source: Job listings & tech talks

CursorDeveloper Tools

60+ employees

Source: GitHub repos & job listings

MidjourneyAI/Creative

80+ employees

Source: Job postings & community discussions

ResendDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Open source & blog

Cal.comScheduling

80+ employees

Source: Open source repo (calcom/cal.com)

DubDeveloper Tools

15+ employees

Source: Open source repo (dubinc/dub)

Trigger.devDeveloper Tools

25+ employees

Source: Open source repo & blog

NovuDeveloper Tools

40+ employees

Source: Open source repo (novuhq/novu)

AnthropicAI

1000+ employees

Source: Job listings & API documentation

Payload CMSDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo (payloadcms/payload)

MintlifyDeveloper Tools

30+ employees

Source: Product page & job listings

InfisicalSecurity

25+ employees

Source: Open source repo (Infisical/infisical)

LangfuseAI/ML

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo (langfuse/langfuse)

OpenStatusDeveloper Tools

5+ employees

Source: Open source repo (openstatusHQ/openstatus)

DocumensoSaaS

15+ employees

Source: Open source repo (documenso/documenso)

LagoFintech

30+ employees

Source: Open source repo (getlago/lago)

Highlight.ioDeveloper Tools

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo (highlight/highlight)

Mistral AIAI

600+ employees

Source: Job listings & API docs

GroqAI Infrastructure

200+ employees

Source: Job listings & developer docs

PolarDeveloper Tools

15+ employees

Source: Open source repo (polarsource/polar)

PapermarkSaaS

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo (mfts/papermark)

ArcjetSecurity

15+ employees

Source: Open source repo & job listings

UnkeyDeveloper Tools

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo (unkeyed/unkey)

TinybirdData/Analytics

80+ employees

Source: Blog & job listings

HankoSecurity

20+ employees

Source: Open source repo (teamhanko/hanko)

Stack AuthDeveloper Tools

10+ employees

Source: Open source repo (stack-auth/stack)

Hono (Cloudflare)Developer Tools

Used by Cloudflare teams employees

Source: Cloudflare blog & Hono docs

Supabase (uses Hono)Developer Tools

100+ employees

Source: Supabase Edge Functions documentation

Vercel (uses Turso)Developer Tools

300+ employees

Source: Turso case study & Vercel templates

LoopsSaaS/Email

15+ employees

Source: Product page & job listings

Who Uses What

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