DEV Community

Cover image for 55 Free Developer Tools That Run 100% in Your Browser
romail ahmad
romail ahmad

Posted on

55 Free Developer Tools That Run 100% in Your Browser

Every developer pastes sensitive data into online tools all day — JWTs, API keys, production JSON, .env values, customer data. And most "free" dev-tool sites do one of three things: upload that data to their servers, bury the tool in ads, or paywall the useful features.

That bothered me enough to build an alternative.

Meet ToolsForDevs Pro

ToolsForDevs Pro is a collection of 55 developer tools that run 100% in your browser. Your data never touches a server — you can open your browser's DevTools → Network tab while using any tool and watch: zero requests carrying your input.

  • ✅ No signup, no ads, no upload limits
  • ✅ Works offline-style (everything is client-side)
  • ✅ Available in 7 languages
  • ✅ Free, forever

👉 https://www.toolsfordevs.pro

What's inside (7 categories)

  • JSON — formatter, validator, minifier, compare, JSON ↔ XML/YAML/CSV, JSON → TypeScript/POJO
  • XML — validator, formatter, minifier, compare, XML → JSON
  • Encoding — Base64, URL, image → Base64, case converter, number base, color converter
  • Crypto — UUID, hash suite, SHA-256, AES (with proper GCM authentication), RSA, JWT debugger/generator, TOTP generator, password generator
  • PDFmerge, split, images → PDF, PDF → images (no upload, unlike the usual suspects)
  • Web & SEO — meta tag generator (with live Google + social preview), robots.txt, .gitignore, .htaccess
  • Utilities — text diff, regex tester, SQL formatter, Markdown preview, cron, QR code, curl converter, image compressor, ATS resume checker, and more

Why client-side matters

When a tool runs in your browser, your secrets stay on your machine. There's no "did this site just log my JWT?" anxiety. For anything touching credentials or production data, this isn't a nice-to-have — it's the only responsible default. It's also faster (no round-trip) and works even on flaky connections.

A few I'm proud of

  • AES encryption that actually authenticates GCM ciphertext (a surprising number of online tools get this wrong).
  • A PDF suite that merges/splits and converts images ↔ PDF entirely locally — no uploading your documents to someone's server.
  • A meta tag generator with a live Google search + social-card preview as you type.

Try it & tell me what's missing

It's live here: https://www.toolsfordevs.pro

I'm actively adding tools. What would you want next? An image converter? Background remover? A mock-data generator? Drop a comment — I'm building based on what people actually need.

Top comments (0)