Open Source Must-Haves

Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript. Provides a type-safe database client, auto-generated queries, and an int…

TypeScriptDatabaseOpen Source

Tailwind CSS

Useful Websites

Utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces with a composable, design-system-friendly approa…

CSSReactOpen Source+1

Zod

A schema validation library for TypeScript that turns runtime data into exactly the shape you expect, then gives you per…

TypeScriptOpen SourceBackend

tRPC

A framework that lets you call functions on your server directly from your client, with full type safety end to end — no…

TypeScriptReactOpen Source+1

Astro

A web framework built for content-heavy sites that ships zero JavaScript by default and lets you add interactive pieces …

TypeScriptOpen SourceReact

shadcn/ui

A collection of components you copy into your own project rather than install as a dependency. You own the code, so styl…

ReactCSSOpen Source+1

Supabase

DatabaseOpen SourceReact+1

Open-source Firebase alternative providing PostgreSQL database, authentication, realtime subscriptions, and storage with…

freemiumweb

Git

Software

The distributed version control system that underpins almost all modern software development. Created by Linus Torvalds …

open-sourcedesktop

Open SourceBackendFree

Hono

A small, standards-based web framework that runs anywhere — Cloudflare Workers, Node.js, Bun, Deno, even in the browser …

TypeScriptBackendOpen Source

Docusaurus

A static site generator from the Meta team that's built specifically for documentation, with versioning, search, and a c…

ReactOpen SourceFree

Vite

A build tool that got the web dev community talking when it launched. Instead of bundling everything upfront, it serves …