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Best No-Database Developer Tools & Git for self-hosting

The 20 best No-Database developer tools & git you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

json-server

Developer Tools & Git

Full fake REST API from a JSON file in seconds

Replaces Mockoon, Postman Mock

★ 75.7k Easy setup MIT

Bruno

Developer Tools & Git

Fast, Git-friendly open-source API client

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

★ 46.2k Easy setup MIT

Streamlit

Developer Tools & Git

Turn Python scripts into shareable data apps

Replaces Retool, Tableau

★ 45.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

IT-Tools

Developer Tools & Git

Handy online tools for developers

Replaces CyberChef

★ 40.1k Easy setup GPL-3.0

CyberChef

Developer Tools & Git

The cyber Swiss Army knife for data operations

Replaces IT-Tools

★ 35.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Swagger UI

Developer Tools & Git

Interactive documentation for OpenAPI specifications

Replaces Postman

★ 29k Easy setup Apache-2.0

marimo

Developer Tools & Git

Reactive Python notebook that runs as a web app

Replaces Jupyter, Streamlit

★ 22.3k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Omni Tools

Developer Tools & Git

Self-hosted collection of handy developer and text utilities

Replaces CyberChef

★ 10k Easy setup MIT

Terragrunt

Developer Tools & Git

Thin wrapper that keeps Terraform configurations DRY

Replaces Terraform Cloud

★ 9.8k Medium setup MIT

reviewdog

Developer Tools & Git

Automated code review with any linter

Replaces SonarQube

★ 9.5k Easy setup MIT

Swagger Editor Self-Hosted

Developer Tools & Git

Browser editor for designing and validating OpenAPI documents

Replaces Stoplight, Postman

★ 9.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Atlas

Developer Tools & Git

Database schema management as code

Replaces Flyway, Liquibase

★ 8.6k Medium setup Apache-2.0

draw.io

Developer Tools & Git

Self-hostable diagramming application

Replaces Lucidchart, Visio

★ 7.4k Easy setup Apache-2.0

OpenGrok

Developer Tools & Git

Fast source code search and cross-reference engine

Replaces GitHub Code Search

★ 4.9k Medium setup CDDL-1.0

Distribution Registry UI

Developer Tools & Git

Web user interface for the Docker Distribution registry

Replaces Docker Hub

★ 3.5k Easy setup MIT

Zoekt

Developer Tools & Git

Fast trigram-based code search engine

Replaces GitHub Code Search

★ 1.8k Medium setup Apache-2.0

cgit

Developer Tools & Git

Fast web interface for Git repositories

Replaces GitHub

★ 800 Medium setup GPL-2.0

klaus

Developer Tools & Git

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

Replaces GitHub

★ 702 Easy setup ISC

Gitiles

Developer Tools & Git

Simple repository browser for Git repositories

Replaces GitHub

★ 600 Medium setup Apache-2.0

Fossil

Developer Tools & Git

Distributed version control with built-in wiki and bug tracking

Replaces GitHub, Git

★ 600 Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged No-Database within the developer tools & git category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.