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Dev Utils — Open-source tools for devs who don’t like ads

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Lightweight utilities set for data conversion. Simple, fast and client-side so your data stays private. Plus it's got cmd+k search.
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Dani Grant
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Hey Product Hunt, so excited to launch & open-source 15 new dev tools! It's wild – the online utils devs use every day are cluttered with ads. So, we made an ad-free, open source, light & simple alternative. This all started at a team dinner –– thanks to the amazing idea by @preston_pham to build our own set of tools with a better dev experience than the tools we were all using every day. They could be client-side + fast, ad-free + uncluttered, and we could open-source them too. Since that dinner, any time we needed a util we’d just add it to our stack. So far we’re at 15 tools! (and we’ve already got our first community contribution, thanks @cassidoo for an awesome .env to netlify.toml converter!) So excited to open source it and share with you today! 😃 Check it out at jam.dev/utilities or view the source at github.com/jamdotdev/jam-dev-utilities. Which tool do you want to see added next?
Devin doggy
@preston_pham @cassidoo @thedanigrant Seriously, from personal experience, most of the products I use have ads. The fact that this one doesn't have any is already a win! It takes real determination to resist the temptation of profit. I really admire the team for this decision.
Bon
Congratulations on your launch! I use Tony's DevUtils every day. This tool looks very similar, and it's open-source and free, thumbs up.
Dani Grant
@bonvisions so cool! Just checked them out!
Tony Han
Congrats @thedanigrant and team! Been using jam.dev for a year and more now (wow time flies). Love how they are always solving problems they recognized first internally and built great solutions for them. I gotta say these tools look super clean. And it's great that you wrote docs for almost each tool there too. And it's open source and local device run only?! It's just a truly valuable collections of awesome tools. I think one cool tool to include is URL redirect tracker. This could be super useful to check URLs to see if they are safe to open.
Dani Grant
Thank you so much @tonyhanded!! I love that idea - I would use that tool!
Germán Merlo
Hehe Dani, you made smile with 'who don’t like ads' cause it's true. As a current dev I hate them and appreciate your help on this. Making this easier and more confortable. Wish you all the best here! Cheers
annedevj
Love this and that it is open source 🥰 Also side not, this got me to discover Jam (good job here eheh 👀) and I almost miss my job in a company so I could receive beautiful bug reports like this and not having to answer the usual "screenshots plz" 😂
Dani Grant
@annedevj 😂 thank you Anne!
Joshua Tabakhoff
This is the best marketing strategy I’ve seen in a long time! Congrats on the launch, and thanks for building such awesome products 🎸🚀
Dani Grant
@satwaya thank you so much!! this was super fun to make
Dimitris Nikolaou
Love the Jam team and everything they push. Offering all of these utilities at no cost is a gift for the rest of us. Thanks @thedanigrant and Jam team!
Dani Grant
Hi @dimitris_nikolaou_!! Thank you so much! Fan of all you're building at Wondercraft.ai too. 🤩
Peter Gerard
This is great. When I read the description I had a few tools in mind that I hoped would be here and they all are! 👏
Dani Grant
that is awesome @petergerard!! thank you!
Emily
Thank you for focusing on the developer experience!!! I can see this being the go-to resource for devs 🙌🏻🥳 super slick and clean UI too 🚀 and congrats on already being a Series A start up 👏🏼🧡
Dani Grant
@_emily_daykin amazing to hear and thank you so much!!
Nikhil Pareek
The video just him me hard. Ok, so we use everyday so much of these free tools, see ads, probably share a lot of data with them, this is a must to have. just thinking why it didnt exist before! Already using it! great tool.
Dani Grant
@nikhilpareek that is so amazing to hear!! YES! Thanks so much
Sumeet Pannu
Hey now, this is cool - the folks jam.dev just keep on giving. Funny, this has gotten more urgent now that chrome is stopping ad blockers. Appreciate the contribution to the community. Stand by from some from us @korl as well - soon!
Micha Cassola
Wow! This is really cool and useful! 🤩 Are you planning on adding more tools?
Swarna Hebbar
Congratulations on your launch! @thedanigrant This looks great for devs
Dani Grant
@swarna_hebb awesome to hear! Thank you so much!!
Nikhil Nischal
Hi team, I like the website, but are you planning to monetize it in some time? Because i can't find a way in which this can be monetized without ads.. Let me know if you have something in mind.
Petar Cirkovic
@nikhil_nischal Thank you! There is no monetization plan, this is a gift from developers to developers!
Johan Steneros
Looking forward to seeing more tools.
Dani Grant
@jsteneros +1, which should we add next? 😃
Atharva Bhange
Just simple tool, but soo useful love it. This is potential for example somehow can be used as default new tab page so that is more easily accessible.
Ema Elisi
Great job on the launch, @thedanigrant! Love the focus on keeping it ad-free and client-side for privacy. The idea stemming from a dinner sounds epic! Can’t wait to see what tools get added next. Keep up the fantastic work! PH community is lucky to have you!
Dani Grant
Thank you so much @ema_elisi too kind!!
Arthur Miller
The HEX to RGB Converter is exactly what I needed for my CSS work. It makes color conversions breeze!
Tracey glen
This is such a welcome change finally , tools that are clean, fast, and respect privacy. The cmd+k search is a nice touch that shows you really understand what developers need. Excited to dive in and explore!
ian douglas
Nice work everyone!!
Dani Grant
Woot woot! Thank you @ian_douglas1!!