Issue #573 (Frameworks, JS Utils, Uncats)07/11/24
Tools From the Internet You Never Knew Existed
A retro 90s design system, a telegram bot that tracks your diet, an app named "OH, a potato!" and an Apple notes website generator. What do these all have in common? They are insanely cool tools.
Whether you're looking for tools to enhance your business and productivity, spark inspiration, or just add a little wonder and joy to your day, there won't be a miss. Insanely Cool Tools has something for everyone.
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Web Frameworks
next-forge — A production-grade boilerplate for modern Next.js apps, with little configuration required.
Uni Stack — A typesafe setup to build full-stack Expo universal native apps powered by Expo Router, Prisma, Nativewind, tRPC, and more.
Tremor Raw — A set of customizable, accessible React components to build dashboards and modern web apps with Tailwind CSS and Radix UI.
Insanely Cool Tools — The Insanely Cool Tools newsletter brings you the coolest tiny tools from around the internet, curated with founders (and amusement) in mind. SPONSORED
Saasfly — An easy-to-use and enterprise-grade Next.js boilerplate for building apps with NextAuth.js, Kysely for typesafe SQL queries, Prisma, Stripe, Internationalization, and more.
Page UI — A set of landing page components and templates built with React and Tailwind, easily copyable via an interactive "thief mode".
Reablocks — A suite of beautifully designed, highly customizable, open-source React components based on Tailwind and Framer Motion.
![Reablocks](https://mcusercontent.com/ea228d7061e8bbfa8639666ad/images/34bb3205-2176-06d7-9755-eb5cff80118c.png) |
Local AI Stack — A starter kit, written in JavaScript, to build local-only AI apps that cost $0 to run and do document Q&A.
sveltekit-ultrafast — A fast SvelteKit boilerplate for building apps with Tailwind, DaisyUI, TypeScript, Supabase for auth, payments via Stripe, Contentful for blogging, and more.
Subframe — An open-source wrapper around Radix headless components to build your own component library.
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JavaScript Utilities
proxy-pants — A set of secured and reliable Proxy based utilities for many common tasks, including accessor, bound, cache, extender, and lots more.
Diff DOM Streaming — An extension to the traditional Diff DOM algorithm to introduce support for comparing a DOM node with a streaming reader, to process changes incrementally as they occur during the diff process.
Rooster — A framework-independent and extensible JavaScript rich-text editor neatly nested inside one HTML div element.
Consent Banner JS — A zero-dependency, lightweight (~3kB), consent platform agnostic, cookie banner for any website.
🎹 STRICH - Barcode Scanning for Web Apps — STRICH brings fast & reliable 1D/2D barcode scanning to the web. You don't need a native app to scan barcodes! Free demo, 30-day trial. SPONSORED
worker_map — A simple abstraction for Node.js worker_threads, allowing you to create and share a Map (hash table) between worker threads and the main process.
js-spread-grid — A JavaScript library to easily create high-performance, customizable, and deeply interactive grid-based applications and visualizations.
![js-spread-grid](https://mcusercontent.com/ea228d7061e8bbfa8639666ad/images/0bad3cba-f106-4612-ffe7-7977069db033.png) |
Merge Anything — A utility to merge objects and other types recursively, with full TypeScript support and a simple, small integration.
Share URL — A utility based on the new Web Share API to let you embed social share links, copy to clipboard, etc., with fallback if Web Share isn't supported.
node-screenshots — A native, dependency-free Node.js screenshot library based on XCap (a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust), with support for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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The Uncategorizables
Studio by WordPress.com — A fast, free way to develop locally with WordPress, so you can share your local sites with clients or colleagues and keep your local development process smooth and simple.
Docmost — An open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software to create, collaborate, and share knowledge seamlessly.
NumCheckr — A service to protect your application from disposable, temporary, and virtual phone numbers, to avoid spam and fraud. Includes a free plan up to 100 verifications per month.
🎹 STRICH - Barcode Scanning for Web Apps — STRICH brings fast & reliable 1D/2D barcode scanning to the web. You don't need a native app to scan barcodes! Free demo, 30-day trial. SPONSORED
Dokploy — An open-source alternative to Vercel, Netlify, and Heroku that offers a platform managing projects, data, and system health with simplicity and efficiency.
Project IDX — An AI-assisted workspace for full-stack, multiplatform app development in the cloud, with support for a broad range of frameworks, languages, and services.
![Project IDX](https://mcusercontent.com/ea228d7061e8bbfa8639666ad/images/f81591df-3190-16f4-4201-98a5aa7771ab.png) |
TEO — A schema-driven web server framework with a server side API that's native to Rust, Node.js, and Python.
TypeScriptToLua — A Typescript to Lua transpiler, useful in any environment where Lua code is accepted, and usable in an online playground.
Codemod — A platform to build, share, and run codemods (i.e. advanced community-driven code transformation bots) faster and easier.
Podlite — A lightweight block-based markup language designed for flexibility and ease of use.
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Commercial Apps & Classifieds
Helpello – An intuitive, embeddable knowledge base for your website with Notion-like editing.
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TLDR – A byte-sized version of Hacker News that takes just a few minutes to read. AD
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DynaUI – 50+ animated components built with React, Tailwind, and Framer Motion.
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Templated – Service to generate images and PDFs with a simple API, with a template gallery of options.
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Techpresso – Join 100,000+ free daily readers for the latest AI and tech news, tools, and insights. AD
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FastestEngineer – The fastest way to build and launch a SaaS app with Primate.js and Svelte.
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Stylokit – A gallery of free and premium templates for Framer, Nuxt, and UIkit.
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An X Post for Thought
If you're considering revamping your home office and want some inspiration, Kent C. Dodds started a thread asking his followers to share photos of their cool home offices.
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