In a recent issue of The Breakpoint, we talked quality software.

Does design matter to developers? In my opinion, yes. Take Stripe, Linear, and Resend for example. Both dev-first products made craftsmanship a first principle.

As we're wrapping up 2025, what are the best dev tools launched on Product Hunt this year in your opinion?

Dropping here some of my favorite, most inspiring dev-first product launches, in no particular order:

• @v0 by Vercel - Runner-up in 2023, the v0 team launched twice this year, introducing v0 for iOS, ranked #1 Product of the Day.

  

• @Cursor - The 2024 Product of the Year still hits the charts. This year, they launched 5 times, introduced 2.0, ranked #1 Product of the Day and #1 Product of the Week.

  

• @Aikido Security - In the growing context of vibe coding and related security issues, the DevSecOps company is spot on: "Security is an everyone problem." This year, they acquired 2024 Golden Kitty Award nominee @Trag and nailed their first launch: #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Month. Read on: A look at Aikido's first launch on Product Hunt.

  

• @Lingo.dev - The AI localization engine (YC F24) launched on Product Hunt last February and crushed it: #2 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, #1 Developer Tool of the Month.

• @Appwrite - Launched Sites, the "open-source Vercel alternative," last May, ranked #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. The perfect Product Hunt launch?

• @Kilo Code - The open-source AI coding agent founded by GitLab co-founder @sytses blasted it this year: Two launches on Product Hunt, ranked respectfully #5 Product of the Day and #1 Product of the Day, hit 500K+ downloads on VS Code and JetBrains, and recently raised $8M in seed funding. See: How Kilo Code launched on Product Hunt.

• @Layercode - In the voice AI space, there's @ElevenLabs (2024 Product of the Year in the category, 16 launches in 2025) and new comers. Layercode is one of them. Launched last October, ranked #3 Product of the Day.

• @Thesys - Launched three times this year, introduced C1, a GenUI API, and ranked #1 Developer Tool of the Week.

• @Dimension - After months in stealth mode, the proactive AI assistant for engineering teams, among the most beautifully crafted products for developers, went GA, ranked #2 Product of the Day and #3 Developer Tool of the Week. Read on: How Dimension launched on Product Hunt.

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AI dev tools are moving stupid fast. Every few weeks, there s a new must-use. Some stick. Most don t.

Some vibe coders are developing full products with @ChatGPT by OpenAI+ @Replit. Others swear by @Cursor + @Claude by Anthropic . A few are mixing @Lovable , @v0 by Vercel , and @bolt.new . New and shipping way faster than expected.

I ve been refining my own vibe stack lately.
Building with @Google Antigravity at the core. It keeps the flow clean when things get messy.

Share your current Vibe Stack:

We are halfway through 2025 What are the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt this year from your perspective?

Below are some of my favorite, most inspiring dev-first product launches until now, sorted by launch date:

• @Jolt AI - The AI assistant for 100K+ line codebases ranked #3 Product of the Day last January. How Jolt AI launched 

• @Lingo.dev - Discovered during the Mega Launch Week, the AI localization engine (YC F24) kept momentum on Product Hunt last February: #2 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. S/O to @vrcprl @maxprilutskiy and team!

• @Appwrite Sites - The "open-source Vercel alternative" ranked #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. Read the teardown here in /p/appwrite

• @Kibo UI - This open-source extension to @shadcn/ui ranked #3 Product of the Day last May.

• @next-forge - First launched in 2023, the new release ranked #4 Product of the Day early June. Keep launching!

As we're wrapping up 2023, what were some of the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt this year in your opinion?
I had the opportunity to contribute to launching 20+ dev-first products this year, and some of my favorite, most inspiring launches include:

• AI SQL Editor by @Supabase - write SQL without knowing SQL

• @Appwrite Cloud Beta - open-source backend platform

• @Raycast Pro - a new level of productivity with AI, Cloud Sync, and more

• @Resend - build, test, and deliver transactional emails at scale

• @v0 by Vercel - generate UI with simple text prompts

Over to you! What are the best developer tools launched on Product Hunt in 2023 from your perspective?
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So, quick confession. I'm a marketer by trade, not an engineer.

My coding knowledge is basically zero.

Hey everyone,

I don't actually like using the term "vibe coding". We've been software developers for over a decade ,are not one-shotting features, and have a very opinionated and strict dev process.

Drop a link to your dev-first product launch in the comments.
Let's support developer tools
Upcoming dev-first product launches:

• @Producta launched on March 4

• @Pieces for Developers launched on March 5

• @MotherDuck launched on March 13

• @Portkey launched on March 17

• @Bucket launched on March 18

• @Novu launched on March 18

• @Tinybird launched on March 18

• @Lamatic.ai launched on March 24

• @Inferless launched on March 25

• @Meilisearch launched on March 25

• @Pulse launched on March 26

• @Atono launched on March 27

What are the best dev tools launched on Product Hunt this year from your perspective?
Some of my favorite, most inspiring launches until now:

• @Corbado - passkey-first authentication

• @Langfuse 2.0 - open-source LLM engineering platform

• @Liveblocks 2.0 - a complete toolkit to embed collaboration features fast

• @MotherDuck - simple analytics data warehouse

• @Supabase - open-source Firebase alternative

Over to you! What are your favorite developer tools in 2024?
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Meow world, welcome back to The Breakpoint, a weekly thread on all things dev tools on Product Hunt.

The latest

Recent dev-first products launched on the site.

Drop a link to your product launch in the comments.
Let's support dev-first products

Drop a link to your product launch in the comments.
Let's support dev-first products

Curious what you re actually shipping with right now. Which stack are you using day-to-day, and why did you choose it over the alternatives? A bit of context (product type + team size) helps a ton.

If you ve switched stacks recently, what did you move from/to and what pushed the change? Cost, speed, hiring, DX, vendor limits, something else?

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

I just started solo dev last year and have been trying to keep all early prototype projects low budget. I personally build in a serverless way on @AWS and pay only for what I use (<$1 per month). I'm curious what do you all use for low-budget development? Maybe I can find even cheaper build stack from you guys lol :)

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Upcoming launches:

• Octomind

• Prisma

• Prelude

Meow Monday
Product Hunt is full of gems for developers.
Some are hidden tho. They weren't featured or didn't rank in the Top 5.
Let's shine a spotlight on them.
Here are some hidden, awesome dev-first products that I found here:

• AuthKit by WorkOS: pre-built, customizable sign-in UI

• GitHub Copilot X: AI-powered developer experience

• Gitpod CLI: take Gitpod to your local command line

• Linear Insights by Linear: instant analytics for any stream of work

• Liveblocks Yjs by Liveblocks: build Notion-like text editors in minutes

• Specify 2.0 by Specify: design token engine

• Tinybird Versions by Tinybird: iterate your real-time data pipelines with Git

• v0. dev by Vercel: generate UI with simple text prompts

Over to you! What are some awesome dev tools that you found on Product Hunt?
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