The tools people actually started using this week.

CLIs, self-hosted services, and developer tooling. What it does, what it replaces, and how long it takes to try.

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Sample from 12 September 202667 items scanned, 10 kept

6,317 stars

Sketch Material 3 Expressive screens in the browser and turn them into vibe-coding prompts.

MIT640 forkslnkiai/m3e-canvas

6,672 stars

Autonomous research system for measurable, computer-executable research.

645 forkssapientinc/PRAXIST

4,115 stars

ChatGPT thinks. Codex works. Use ChatGPT as the planning brain while keeping the Codex harness.

MIT437 forksXiaoDuoYa/codex-with-chatgpt

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Time to first run

How long it takes to get the thing working, honestly estimated. Usually the deciding factor.

What it replaces

Named alternatives, and when the incumbent is still the better choice.

Licence and hosting

Open source, source-available, or SaaS. Stated plainly, because it keeps changing.

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