StartupToolchain

Problem

needgap(posts)^*

Pressing World Problems(80,000 hours)

Startup Idea

needgap(comments)^*

MVP

needgap(comments)^*

School

Blogs

General

Paul Graham's essays

Strategy

Economics

Investment

Bayesian Investor Blog

Marketing

Solopreneur

Reading Lists

High Performance Organizations Reading List

Software Architecture

architecture notes

Programming Patterns

REFACTORING GURU

Startup help

SaaS

Technology

Hardware

Co-Founder

Co-Founder Matching(YC)

Professionals

AngelList Recruit

Software

Stack Overflow Users

Hardware

Design

CO-OP

Hatchways(US, CA)

Freelancers

Salary

stackoverflow salary calculator

Calculator

Total Compensation Calculator^{α, OS}

Equity Calculator

Naming Startups

Word Safety

naming-tools.com

Name Generators

w/ Domain/Social Media Availability

Compliance

Policies

Privacy Policy Template by Juro

Establishing Companies Overseas

USA

Estonia

Programming Languages

Systems Programming

Network Programming

Web Programming

Scripting Language

Datascience/ML

Query Language

Common Language Infrastructure(CLI)

Mobile

Kotlin(Android)

Database

Object-Relational

Relational

Key-Value Cache

Key-Value Store

Data-Structures server

Document Store

Graph Databases

Time-series

Distributed Databases

Database Hosts

Distributed

Data Delivery Network

Reactive Database

Database Manager

Beekeper Studio^OS

Frameworks

JS Frontend

CSS Frameworks

UI Components

UI Templates

Tailwind Templates

Web

JS Runtime

Microsoft Software

Cross-Platform

Visual Programming | Low code | No code

Mobile Apps

Server Driven UI

Mobile web

Web Apps

Marketing Screen

Interactive Computation

Application Programming Interface

Free Public APIs

API development

Creative Coding

Security

Web Security

Application Security

Reverse Engineering

Code Quality

JetBrains Qodana

Testing

Mobile Apps

Tunneling

awesome-tunneling ^OS

Training

freeCodeCamp ^OS

CodeCrafters ^OS

PaaS

Dokku^{OS, SH}

Ledokku^{OS, SH}

CapRover^{OS, SH}

FaaS

Azure Functions

Cloud Functions

Piku^{OS, SH}

BaaS

PocketBase^{OS, SH}

Parse OPEN SOURCE^SH

IaC

Calculator

IaaS

Google Compute Engine

GPU Cloud

DNS

CDN

Search as a Service

Elasticsearch^SH

Security

Infrastructure Security

Gold Fig Checkup

Containerization

Container Orchestration

Network Interface

Static Builders

Blog

ghost^{OS, SH}

Website Builders

Landing Page

Unicorn Platform

Education

Layout Generator

CMS

Editor

Membership Management

Authentication

ORY^OS

Post Cover Image

Comments

Cactus Comments^OS,SH

E-commerce

Square Online Store

Crowdfunding

Hosting

Cloudflare Pages

POWER9

Domain Registrar

SEO

Security

Analytics

Google Analytics

Education

Application Monitoring

Data Streaming

Apache Kafka^OS

Observability

Website Monitoring

Logs

Viewing logs

The Logfile Navigator

Graphic Design

Motion Graphics

Motionity^{α, OS}

User Interface Design

Mockup

Device Mockup

Browser Mockup

Flow Diagrams

3D Modeling

Vector Graphics Editors

Affinity Designer

Pixel Art

Design Elements

No code

Video Editors

Design Language

MS Fluent Design System

Apple Human Interface

Google Material Design

Design Resources

Apple Design Resources

Accessibility Design

Game accessibility guidelines

Anti-addiction Design

Projects by njms

Color Palette

material design palette

colorpalettes.earth

Mobile Pallete Generator

Patterns

Subtle Patterns from Toptal

Effects Generators

CSS effects

UI Generators

Glass UI Generator

Asset Generators

Android Asset Studio

favicon generator

Screenshot

Twitter

CSS Generator

Flexbox

CSS Flexbox Please!

Neumorphism

Stock Art

Icons

HTML Entities by Toptal

Buttons

Copy & Paste CSS

Emoji

Geometric Shapes

Illustrations

Open source illustrations kit

Illustrations by ICONFINDER

Logo

Namecheap's Logo Maker

UI Resources

Creative MARKET

Royalty Free Music

One Man Symphony

Royalty Free Music - No Copyright Music

Riot Games Music

Search

Sounds and Effects

Instruments

FreePats - Sound Banks^CC

Podcast

Project

Meetings

People

Leave

Customer Relationship

salesforce essentials

Customer Onboarding

Rocketlane

Customer Data

Customer Support

Spreadsheet

Collabora Online

Presentation

Presentations by Canva

Video

Team Communication

Microsoft Teams

Video Conference

Webinar

Intermedia Anymeeting

Virtual Workspace

Mail Servers

Rackspace Email

Mail Clients

webmail

android

iOS

Cloud Email

Shared inbox

Extensions

Organizing

Trello for Gmail

Tracking

Anti-Tracking

Contacts

Clearbit Connect

Cloud

Dropbox for Gmail

Video Chat

CRM

Email Marketing

Bulk Email

Transactional Email

Productivity

Health

Memory

Memory Hammer^*

Better Thinking

Relaxation

Virtual Spaces

Music for work

music for programming

Purchasing power parities (PPP)

PPP Calculator^*

Payment Host

Buy me a Coffee

open collective^OS

Open Payment Host^{α, OS, SH, *}

Gateways

Doku(Indonesia)

List of payment gateways

Payments Orchestration

Billing, Invoicing, Accounting

Cost Management

Calculators

Is it worth the cost

Security

Malware Scanner

Identity Management

Token

Network Analysis

VPN

PrivacyTools's list

Backup

Automation

Workflow

Dashboard

Data IDE

^OS

CAD

2D

Printers

Entry Level

Prosumer

Industrial

PCB

Machining

Semiconductor Fabrication

PDK

^OS

Free chip Manufacturing

Google and efabless

Supplies

Supplier

Manufacturing Directory

Growth Marketing

Keyword Research

semrush Keyword Research

Keywords Everywhere

Copy Writing

B2B

Open-Source

Story

Media

Influencers

Famebit by YouTube

Line of Credit

Invoice Financing

MARKETFINANCE[UK]

Invoice Factoring

Term Loan

Flate Fee Lending

stripe Capital[USA]

Financial Modeling

List of Incubators & Accelerators

growthmentor's list

Paid Incubation

Social Entrepreneurship

BridgeforBillions

Space

NASA Startup Studio

Funding AI Startups

The OpenAI Startup Fund

Grants

Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Mozilla Open Source Support Awards

Arnold Ventures

THIEL Fellowship

ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

Emergent Ventures

Open-Source Grants

FOSS UNITED [IN]

Government Startup/Small Business/Entrepreneurship Grants

fundera's list [USA]

Startup India [IN]

Business Queensland Grant [AUS]

Side Project Grant

sakofchit's list

Patent Grants

NASA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM

List of investors

PRIVATE EQUITY LIST

Impact Investors

Omidyar Network

Triodos Investment Management

Reinvestment Fund

BlueOrchard Finance

Community Reinvestment Fund, USA

Investor Matching

Crowdfunding

Non equity

Equity

Open hardware

Startup Freebies

Microsoft for Startups

Google Cloud for Startups

Facebook for Startups

Freshworks for Startups

LEGEND

^*: The tools marked with superscript ^* are created by me for the startup community.

^α: The tools marked with superscript ^α are bleeding edge tools but are featured here because they show promise in a category with much need-gap.

^β: The tools marked with superscript ^{OS, β} are officially in Beta.

^OS: Open-source.

^SH: Self-Hosted.

^CC: Creative Commons.

WHY THIS?

I wanted a simple, fast way to find the best tool for a startup task on demand and So I created StartupToolchain.

WHY IS MY FAVOURITE TOOL NOT HERE?

This list is opiniated towards getting a product to the market without much technical debt by a indie, solopreneur and bootstrapping startups. This is not an exhaustive list of startup tools, but best tools for a startup task based upon above criteria. If you think your favourite tool belongs to this list then please tweet to me.

WHY IS THIS CATEGORY NOT LISTED HERE?

This toolchain will never be completed, But I will keep adding tools until I can. The category you're looking for might get added then.
Please open a discussion on GitHub on new category addition.

BIAS

I try my best to limit my personal bias in the selection of the tools, but like every other human activity I cannot eliminate bias completely. So, I'm happy to receive positive criticisms to help fix the biases. I often find new tools, categories through recommendations from the users who have subject matter experience.

CAN YOU ADD MY PRODUCT HERE?

I'm open to adding new upcoming products and services provided it solves the following criteria -

Should solve at least one problem effectively for the startups.

Availability of a free-tier or trial plan in the categories where the competitors offer one.

Should Do No Evil.

I WILL PAY YOU TO ADD MY PRODUCT HERE

Sorry that cannot happen due to conflict of interest. If your product fits in ST, please tweet to me.

I ALREADY GET TRAFFIC FROM STARTUPTOOLCHAIN, WHY DON'T YOU USE MY REFERRAL?

Again, It's due to conflict of interest. If you would like to support StartupToolchain without obligations, Please checkout the next section.

Editorial Notes

You can now see why I added a particular tool, How it can be used in my Editorial Notes.

SUPPORT STARTUPTOOLCHAIN

Since I don't take payment for placing a product or have referral links it's up to you to keep StartupToolchain alive.

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