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Best Real-Time Developer Tools & Git for self-hosting

The 27 best Real-Time developer tools & git you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

Excalidraw

Developer Tools & Git

Virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard

Replaces Miro

★ 129.1k Easy setup MIT

Hoppscotch

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source API development ecosystem

Replaces Postman, Insomnia

★ 80k Easy setup MIT

Penpot

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source design and prototyping platform

Replaces Figma

★ 58.2k Medium setup MPL-2.0

Streamlit

Developer Tools & Git

Turn Python scripts into shareable data apps

Replaces Retool, Tableau

★ 45.5k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Gradio

Developer Tools & Git

Build and share machine learning web interfaces fast

Replaces Retool

★ 43.3k Easy setup Apache-2.0

K9s

Developer Tools & Git

Terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters

Replaces Lens, kubectl

★ 34.3k Easy setup Apache-2.0

SigNoz

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source APM and observability platform

Replaces Datadog, New Relic

★ 31.8k Medium setup MIT

Huly

Developer Tools & Git

All-in-one project management and team collaboration

Replaces Linear, Jira

★ 27.3k Medium setup EPL-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

OpenObserve

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source observability platform for logs, metrics and traces

Replaces Datadog, Elasticsearch

★ 20.6k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Motia

Developer Tools & Git

Unified backend framework for APIs, jobs and AI agents

Replaces Temporal, Inngest

★ 18.6k Medium setup MIT

ctop

Developer Tools & Git

Top-like interface for container metrics

Replaces Docker Desktop

★ 17.8k Easy setup MIT

NiceGUI

Developer Tools & Git

Python UI framework for web-based dashboards and apps

Replaces Streamlit, Gradio

★ 16.1k Easy setup MIT

Convex

Developer Tools & Git

Open-source reactive backend with a TypeScript database

Replaces Firebase

★ 12.3k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Kubeshark

Developer Tools & Git

API traffic analyzer for Kubernetes

Replaces Wireshark

★ 12k Medium setup Apache-2.0

InstantDB

Developer Tools & Git

Realtime client-side database with relational queries

Replaces Firebase

★ 10.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Tilt

Developer Tools & Git

Local development environments for Kubernetes and microservices

Replaces Skaffold, Garden

★ 10k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Sentry

Developer Tools & Git

Application monitoring and error tracking platform

Replaces Bugsnag, Rollbar

★ 9.5k Hard setup BSL-1.1

HedgeDoc

Developer Tools & Git

Real-time collaborative Markdown editor

Replaces HackMD, Google Docs

★ 7.4k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

WireMock

Developer Tools & Git

Flexible API mocking and service virtualization

Replaces Mockoon, Postman Mock

★ 7.3k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Telepresence

Developer Tools & Git

Fast local development for Kubernetes microservices

Replaces Bridge to Kubernetes

★ 7.3k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Stern

Developer Tools & Git

Multi-pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes

Replaces kubectl logs

★ 4.8k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Okteto

Developer Tools & Git

Remote development environments on Kubernetes

Replaces Gitpod, Codespaces

★ 3.5k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Kubevious

Developer Tools & Git

Application-centric Kubernetes assurance and dashboard

Replaces Lens

★ 1.7k Medium setup Apache-2.0

RedwoodSDK

Developer Tools & Git

React framework for building server-side web apps

Replaces Next.js

★ 1.7k Medium setup MIT

Skooner

Developer Tools & Git

Simple and lightweight Kubernetes dashboard

Replaces Kubernetes Dashboard

★ 1.4k Easy setup Apache-2.0

Drawio Desktop Server

Developer Tools & Git

Self-hosted collaborative whiteboard backend for diagrams

Replaces Miro, Lucidchart

★ 528 Easy setup MIT

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Real-Time within the developer tools & git category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.