No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Appwrite
Open-source backend for app builders with auth, databases, storage, functions and hosting, run in the cloud or on your own servers.
Since 2021
Developer tools · Developers
- authentik
Self-hosted identity provider that gives an organisation single sign-on and login flows across its apps, with APIs and templates.
Security and passwords
- Uptrace
Collects traces, metrics and logs through OpenTelemetry for engineering teams, hosted or on your own servers.
Since 2022
Free trial · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Lightdash
Business intelligence tool built on dbt where data teams define metrics once and everyone builds charts, without paying per seat.
Subscription · Data and spreadsheets · Software companies
- Back4app
Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.
Developer tools · Developers
- Nile
Serverless Postgres that keeps each customer's data and vector embeddings in its own virtual database, for teams building B2B SaaS.
Developer tools · Developers
- Faable
Hosts apps from Git on European servers and adds user login through a hosted OAuth and OpenID Connect server.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Para Cloud
Managed hosting of the open-source Para backend with a JSON API, login, search and backups, priced per app.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Authgear
Login, passkeys, SMS and WhatsApp codes, SSO and user management for apps, run in their cloud or on your servers.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Hanko
Open-source login service with passkeys, 2FA and SSO for app makers, run in Hanko's cloud or on your own servers.
Since 2025
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Trifle
Lets developers record counters and revenue figures in their own database, then chart them and set alerts in a hosted dashboard.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- AIR Blackbox
Records every AI agent decision in a signed, tamper-evident log so teams can show regulators what their AI did under the EU AI Act.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- OpenObserve
Stores and searches logs, metrics and traces at low storage cost, as a cloud service or software you host yourself.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Gigapipe
An observability backend on ClickHouse that takes logs, metrics, traces and profiles and lets teams query them in Grafana.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Overcast
Pools GPUs and CPUs from many cloud providers and your own servers so developers can run large data jobs in one place.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- DollarDeploy
Deploys apps from a GitHub repo onto a server in your own cloud account, with HTTPS and redeploys on each push.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- DBLift
Runs versioned SQL and Python database migrations with dry runs, history checks and rollbacks, for Python teams.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Logdash
Checks your site is up, sends alerts to Telegram or a webhook, and adds logs, metrics and a public status page.
Since 2025
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Authress
An API that adds login, SSO and fine-grained permissions to the software you build.
Security and passwords · Developers
- SuperTokens
Adds sign-in to your app with prebuilt screens for passwords, magic links, social login and SSO, self-hosted or managed.
Security and passwords · Developers
- Appliku
Sets up and manages your own cloud server to deploy Django apps, with a dashboard, CLI and API.
Since 2021
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- InsForge
A hosted backend with database, auth, storage and functions that AI coding agents can set up and run for you.
Since 2025
Developer tools · Developers
- Nhost
Managed backend with Postgres, GraphQL, user sign-in, file storage and serverless functions so developers can ship apps quickly.
Since 2020
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Forte
Deploys apps from GitHub and adds sign-in, payments, scaling and monitoring, so small teams can skip building infrastructure.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- AnyPanel
Puts revenue, signups and other numbers from Stripe, your database or any API on one dashboard, aimed at indie developers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets · Developers
- Zitadel
Multi-tenant login and identity service with hosted login pages, SSO, passkeys and MFA for app builders.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers