In the bustling world of tech, it's easy to get caught up in the hype around the biggest names.
Don't let the size of a company fool you. Some of the most innovative and impactful technologies come from smaller companies or startups
Here are seven such startups, each with unique offerings that could transform your project and in the process make you smarter:
[1] BoxyHQ
BoxyHQ has a suite of APIs for security and privacy, designed to help engineering teams build and ship compliant cloud applications faster.
It offers features like Enterprise SSO, Directory Sync, Audit Logs, and a Privacy Vault for protecting sensitive data.
If you are an enterprise or building a new SaaS application, BoxyHQ could be a game-changer for ensuring security and compliance from the ground up.
Manage user authentication in your app
Ensure secure and compliant user sign-ups and log-ins
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/boxyhq/jackson
[2] Cal.com
Cal.com is an efficient scheduling tool designed to eliminate the hassle of scheduling meetings, effectively eradicating the need for lengthy email exchanges.
If your project involves orchestrating team meetings or managing appointments, Cal.com can simplify your scheduling process, ultimately saving you precious time.
Schedule meetings or appointments effortlessly right from within your application
Efficiently schedule team meetings, project milestones, and deadlines
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/calcom/cal.com
[3] Flagsmith
Flagsmith is a feature flag management platform that lets you control the way you release your application's features.
You can decouple deploy and release and push code to production with the safety net of a feature flag.
These strategies can be highly beneficial in complex project scenarios, allowing for more efficient development and smoother rollouts:
Release and test different versions of a feature gradually
Evaluate and refine multiple feature versions before full deployment
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith
[4] Dub
Dub is a versatile open-source link shortener and management tool meticulously crafted for today's dynamic marketing teams.
This platform empowers users to generate, distribute, and monitor shortened links seamlessly.
Tailor your links by utilizing your own custom domain, allowing you to maintain brand consistency
Simplifying link management, ensuring efficient and effective marketing campaigns
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/steven-tey/dub
[5] Formbricks
Formbricks is your ultimate resource for implementing in-product micro-surveys that will revolutionize your product experience.
These unobtrusive surveys are a powerful tool for gathering user insights and enhancing your app's functionality.
Enrich your product's user experience and make data-informed decisions for app development.
Leverage micro-surveys to precisely reach the right users at the right moment, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction without inundating them with bothersome surveys
Easily collect valuable survey data directly within your app, streamlining the process of gathering user feedback and uncovering opportunities for improvement
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks
[6] Swirl
Swirl is an open-source search platform that simultaneously searches multiple content sources and returns AI-ranked results.
You can also use Generative AI Models to get answers based on your data.
Start discovering and developing the answers you need based on your data.
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Connect to various data sources like:
- Databases (SQL & NoSQL, Google BigQuery)
- Public data services (Google Programmable Search, Arxiv.org, etc.)
- Enterprise sources (Microsoft 365, Jira, Miro, etc.)
- Generate insights with AI and LLMs like ChatGPT
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/swirlai/swirl-search
[7] Clickvote
Add upvotes, likes, and reviews to any context.
Fully features React / Angular / Vue / Svelte to manage all your product reactions.
Learn about your users and get insights about different features
Let users interact with each other
Please star ⭐ this GitHub repo 👇
https://github.com/clickvote/clickvote
Key Takeaway's
These open-source startups offer a range of tools and services that could greatly enhance your project and you'll get smarter along the way.
All of the projects listed are open-source, all welcome contributors and one action you can take immediately is to 🌟 star each repository.
Top comments (67)
We are building an open source {free} Postman alternative: Hoppscotch - API request builder for web.
Open source API development ecosystem - https://hoppscotch.io (open-source alternative to Postman, Insomnia)
I used Hoppscotch extensively at my last job as tech lead building an API. It's definitely a great tool!
Thanks for the heads up, I will surely check it out!
cool! What kinda file format can I import with Hoppscotch?
I am asking because I want something easy to export to.
I really dread openapi/swagger and all that crazy stuff.
As of now, Hoppscotch supports importing collections from:
Hey Liyas, not really what I asked about :)
But, I did an export and I see that it is quite straightforward to manage. Which is super nice
I'd like to know this too?
what will you use it for Nathan?
Testing routes on my web3 side project!
Nice @liyasthomas, thanks for sharing!
I was just planning to look for something like this. I'll check you guys out.
Great tool! Having support for MQTT is a killer feature!
I absolutely love Hoppscotch, keep up the great work!
In other words the old postwoman became hopscotch. I have been following this for a long tike .
Really amazing list @nathan_tarbert 🔥🔥
Thanks mate, I think so as well :)
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awesome article nathan. i am also building firecamp - github.com/firecamp-dev/firecamp we're is open to contribute, conversion and building in public.
feel free to check out and pick any issue if you'd like to work on.
Thanks @shreya_gr!
Everyone should contribute to Firecamp, amazing project! I'm a big fan :)
Yes I love Firecamp as well :)
Absolutely amazing tool! I've used this extensively
We're building an evaluation framework for LLMs (like ChatGPT!). We hope developers can say with confidence they're building responsible and robust AI applications :) github.com/confident-ai/deepeval
This is really cool, I checked out your GH and I like your project.
Thank you, don't forget to give it a star if possible! I also wrote some docs for it and the hope is people will find it educational and useful, even if you're not using us for evaluation :) (docs.confident-ai.com/)
Sure thing! Done :) ⭐
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There are some really great repos out there right now - and it's pretty stunning to see how many of them are built by great humans and are genuinely open to contributions, conversations, and building in public.
I totally agree @annaredbond! One of my favorite things about open source is it's an open door to meet great people and be a part of some of the most cutting-edge technologies.
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Thanks @fatman123aa!
That must mean you like the projects listed :)
Another intresting open source repository is a notion alternative called Affine, you can find here github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE.
Nice, thanks @thepiratedude for sharing!
Great sharing
Thank you!
micro-MVC definitely will make you work smarter, easier and protected due to it secure-by-design architecture :-)
micro-MVC
Nice addition, thanks for sharing!
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