toolsofthetrade

Tools of the Trade is a curated directory rather than an executable application. It began from Hacker News discussions in 2010 and 2013 about SaaS replacements for self-hosted infrastructure, then was expanded into a 2015-and-beyond list using Hacker News, AngelList, and Quora sources. Community updates through pull requests are invited. The README divides offerings into Business and Tech. Business sections include payments, accounting, payroll, marketing, SEO, social and email marketing, advertising, transactional email, group chat, wikis, password management, personal productivity, project management, time tracking, fundraising, naming, presentations, legal documents, space rental, dashboards, business and traffic analytics, design collaboration, prototyping, A/B testing, user feedback and testing, forms, CRM, customer support, community tools, HR, phone/SMS, and shipping. Tech sections cover databases and storage, documentation, engineering metrics, notes, API builders and other APIs, browser/email/load testing, server/system/log monitoring, status alerts and scheduling, backend/database/platform/WebSocket services, application performance, continuous integration and code quality, security, issue tracking, source-code hosting, landing-page tools, boilerplates, AWS and Heroku tools, video hosting, application distribution, deployment, DNS, error handling, geocoding, identity verification, localization, backups, search, task scheduling, and VPS hosting. Entries are usually presented in tables with a service link, Twitter account, stated pricing, and short description. The catalog includes commercial hosted SaaS as well as self-hosted and open-source options. The README also contains a sponsored Instabug section. Because the document is community-maintained and includes historical pricing, users should verify current features, prices, and project status directly.