Best Lightweight Developer Tools & Git for self-hosting

Excalidraw

Developer Tools & Git

Virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard

Replaces Miro

Simple terminal UI for Git commands

Replaces GitKraken, Sourcetree

Hoppscotch

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source API development ecosystem

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

Full fake REST API from a JSON file in seconds

Replaces Mockoon, Postman Mock

Explore and analyze Docker image layers

Replaces Docker Desktop

Terminal UI for Docker and Docker Compose

Replaces Docker Desktop

Fast, Git-friendly open-source API client

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

IT-Tools

Developer Tools & Git

Handy online tools for developers

Replaces CyberChef

Handy command runner for project-specific recipes

Replaces Make

CyberChef

Developer Tools & Git

The cyber Swiss Army knife for data operations

Replaces IT-Tools

Polyglot runtime manager and task runner

Replaces asdf, nvm

Terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters

Replaces Lens, kubectl

Syntax-highlighting pager for git and diff output

Replaces diff-so-fancy

Git-compatible version control system

Replaces Git

OpenTofu

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source infrastructure as code tool

Replaces Terraform

Detect secrets and credentials in Git repositories

Replaces GitGuardian

Interactive documentation for OpenAPI specifications

Replaces Postman

Find and verify leaked credentials across many sources

Replaces GitGuardian

Structural diff tool that understands syntax

Replaces diff

Generate clean API documentation from OpenAPI definitions

Replaces Stoplight, ReadMe

Extendable version manager for multiple languages

Replaces nvm, rbenv

Automated versioning and package publishing

Replaces release-please

Fast switching between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces

Replaces kubectl config

Run and test HTTP requests with a plain text format

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

Verdaccio

Developer Tools & Git

Lightweight private npm proxy registry

Replaces GitHub

Top-like interface for container metrics

Replaces Docker Desktop

Fast, customizable static analysis for many languages

Replaces SonarQube, Snyk Code

Python UI framework for web-based dashboards and apps

Replaces Streamlit, Gradio

Modern OpenAPI documentation and API reference

Replaces Stoplight, ReadMe

Task runner and build tool simpler than Make

Replaces Make

Release automation for Go and other projects

Replaces semantic-release

Framework for managing Git pre-commit hooks

Replaces Husky

Vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

Replaces Snyk, Trivy

Cloud cost estimates for Terraform in pull requests

Replaces CloudHealth

Powerful HTTP client that lives in your terminal

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

Portable, isolated development environments with Nix

Replaces Docker Dev Environments

Work with container images and registries from the command line

Replaces docker pull

Vulnerability scanner backed by the OSV database

Replaces Snyk, Dependabot alerts

Toolkit to pack, ship, store and deliver container content

Replaces Docker Hub

Self-hosted collection of handy developer and text utilities

Replaces CyberChef

Universal command-line client for many SQL databases

Replaces psql

Thin wrapper that keeps Terraform configurations DRY

Replaces Terraform Cloud

Generate software bills of materials from images and code

Replaces Snyk

Cross-platform web client for PostgreSQL databases

Replaces pgAdmin

Browser editor for designing and validating OpenAPI documents

Replaces Stoplight, Postman

Build OCI container images without a daemon

Replaces docker build

Static analysis for infrastructure as code

Replaces Snyk IaC

Fast and powerful Git hooks manager

Replaces Husky

Design and run mock REST APIs locally or self-hosted

Replaces Postman Mock Server

Check Kubernetes clusters against the CIS benchmark

Replaces Kubescape

Fast, declarative developer environments with Nix

Replaces Docker Dev Containers

Run commands when files change

Replaces nodemon

Kubernetes cluster sanitizer that scans for misconfigurations

Replaces kube-score

OpenAPI-driven mock server and contract validation proxy

Replaces Postman, Stoplight

Multi-pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes

Replaces kubectl logs

Cross-platform terminal UI for SQL databases

Replaces DBeaver, TablePlus

Static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files

Replaces GitHub Actions web editor

Process manager for Procfile-based applications

Replaces Foreman

Terminal-based API client inspired by Postman

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

Web user interface for the Docker Distribution registry

Replaces Docker Hub

High-level command-line interface for Git workflows

Replaces GitKraken Workflows

Flexible JSON and YAML linter for OpenAPI and more

Replaces Stoplight Studio

Terminal Git client inspired by Magit

Replaces GitKraken, Sourcetree

zot

Developer Tools & Git

Production-ready vendor-neutral OCI registry

Replaces Docker Hub, Harbor

Orchestrate non-container processes with a Compose-like file

Replaces Docker Compose, Foreman

Cross-platform open-source Git client

Replaces GitKraken, Sourcetree

Offline-first browser and desktop REST API client

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

Lightweight service virtualization and API simulation

Replaces WireMock

Fast trigram-based code search engine

Replaces GitHub Code Search

Command-line tools for working with container registries

Replaces docker CLI

Open-source API testing and monitoring toolkit

Replaces Postman Monitors

Simple and lightweight Kubernetes dashboard

Replaces Kubernetes Dashboard

Simple and efficient HTTP mock server

Replaces WireMock, Mockoon

Fast web interface for Git repositories

Replaces GitHub

Simple, easy-to-set-up Git web viewer

Replaces GitHub

Simple repository browser for Git repositories

Replaces GitHub

Distributed version control with built-in wiki and bug tracking

Replaces GitHub, Git

Self-hosted collaborative whiteboard backend for diagrams

Replaces Miro, Lucidchart

Build reproducible development containers from dev container specs

Replaces GitHub Codespaces

Scriptable, lightweight mock server for REST and SOAP APIs

Replaces WireMock