All the tools, services and so on that we use when we develop AlternativeTo. AlternativeTo is built with Next.JS and .Net Core and is hosted on Azure with a SQL backend. We do use a lot of other services as well and you can read all about them below.
Next.js gives you the best developer experience with all the features you need for production: hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, route pre-fetching, and more. No config needed.
Almost the defacto standard for running React apps on the web nowadays.
React is the backbone of
Next.js
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript in any browser, any host, any OS and it is Open Source.
We use Typescript to make sure we do not add to many runtime errors.
We use loads of different packages of course but React Hook Form is one of the main ones. Used to build forms in React.
.NET Core is a cross-platform free and open-source managed software framework similar to .NET Framework. It consists of CoreCLR, a complete cross-platform runtime implementation of CLR, the virtual machine that manages the execution of .NET programs.
Our API is built in .NET Core and C#
The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI.
Awesome tool to get AI help when you code.
AI generative user interface system produce copy-paste-ready React code via easy text prompts, built with shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS.
Another great AI tool.
JetBrains Rider is a powerful integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for developing .NET applications. With its intuitive and feature-rich interface, Rider provides developers with a seamless coding experience across multiple platforms, including Windows...
Switched from
Microsoft Visual Studio to Rider a while ago.
Free, extensible code editor with Git integration, AI-driven IntelliCode, and 30,000+ extensions, supporting various languages like Python, Java.
Mainly to work with React / Next. I.e everything except .net core development.
I switched from
Yarn to this a while back. Mainly to see if i could speed up the CI pipeline a bit. Not sure how much it helped.
NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update open source libraries and tools in Visual Studio.
As the server side package manager for .Net stuff.
Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio) is a free, light-weight tool, that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, for managing SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse; wherever they're running.
To manage our Azure SQL Database.
Web-based Git hosting service facilitating collaboration, with features like issue tracking, social networking, and wikis for project management.
Like most other software developers nowdays we use GIT as our source control system and we host our code on GitHub. We also use their issue system to associate bugs with commits and so on.
Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Since we use Github we of course also use Git.
Cypress is a front end automated testing tool created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a...
Awesome test framework for integration and E2E tests.
Thunder Client is a hand-crafted lightweight Http Client extension for Visual Studio Code. No separate download needed, Just install the extension from VS Code marketplace.
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, SEO and more.
To make sure the page is as fast as possible.
Unified Web Performance that automatically tests your pages and tracks real user experiences. Automatically discovers your busiest pages and scans them weekly, providing actionable recommendations. Integrated Real User Monitoring to track the actual experience of visitors to...
Real-time error tracking for frontend applications, offering detailed analytics on user interactions, customizable data filtering, and integration support.
To see if there are any errors.
The in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a cache, vector database, document database, streaming engine, and message broker.
As a cache for data that is accessed often.
SQL Server delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage your data by enabling you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents within the database.
As the primary database for the site
Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.
Both in production and for development.
Continuous Delivery Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software – for any language, all in a single package.
Most of our CI/CD is running in Azure Devops.
Protects websites with front-end proxy, dynamic DNS, CDN, and firewall; blocks DDoS and targeted attacks, optimizes traffic, and analyzes threats.
To speed up your requests, detect spam and some great HTTPS support.
The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...
To host most of our servers, databases and so on.
Algolia helps product teams connect their users with information by providing the building blocks they need to create fast, relevant, personalized search.
To provide you with an incredible fast and accurate search
Google Search Console is a free service by Google that helps monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance a website's presence in Google Search results. It offers tools and reports for submitting sitemaps, receiving alerts, inspecting URLs, and understanding site performance.
To keep an eye on the SERP.
Gain insights into website traffic with Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reporting, and data visualization. Enhance marketing and conversions effortlessly.
We spend a lot of time trying to understand how the site works and how our users engage with the site, and we do most of that digging in Google Analytics.
You can connect any application (written in any language or on any stack) to Auth0 and define its Connection, the method used to authenticate the users of that application:
For authentication and some user management.
Facilitates teams' real-time collaboration with versatile chat interface and advanced search in configurable channels across multiple platforms.
AlternativeTo is a distributed team and since not two single people are based in the same city, this is our digital office.
Nuclino is a unified workspace where teams can bring all their knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place. It’s a modern, simple, and blazingly fast way to collaborate, without the chaos of files and folders, context switching, or silos.
For internal documentation.
Work management platform for teams to focus on goals, projects, and tasks, available on mobile, integrating with web, offering offline use and notifications.
For all our task management and daily operations.
Front is an email management software that facilitates team collaboration by integrating with existing tools. It assigns messages to team members, allows internal comments, sets reminders for responses, offers templates for common questions, and has a collision detection feature...
A collaborative inbox and support chat.
iA Writer is a pro tool for focused writing in Markdown, a simple formatting language. It offers features like Focus Mode, Style Check, Syntax Highlight, Wikilinks, and cross-platform compatibility.
A lot of blog posts, plans and other long.form texts have been typed up in this application, either on Mac OS X or on iOS.
Securely manage passwords across devices with auto-fill and vulnerability alerts, organizing passwords and notes for quick access and synchronization.
To keep the passwords safe and to share them with our team.
Analyse suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches, automatically share them with the security community.
The team often checks on apps using VirusTotal, to ensure they're safe for users.
Google AdSense is a free program that enables website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads and earn.
Our primary source of income.
Comments
Cool and interesting
Really polished product guys! Very useful for both beginner and advanced users.
The technologies used by you are great. But I wonder if you could have made the same web app using fewer technologies.
This is pretty cool that you're willing to share this stuff! Always fun to see the clock innards. <3
Can there be an alternative to alternativeto?
Yes, absolutely! There already are alternatives listed here:
AlternativeTo
Feel free to add new ones or suggest changes to the apps in that list!
You guys are wicked awesome for even sharing this information
We could argue they are open-sourcing their open source alternative website!