01 / DISCOVER
Start with the job.
Browse categories and use cases to find tools for the work in front of you.
About / aicoolies
Better tools. In context.
A developer tools knowledge graph built to help you choose. Discover tools, follow the evidence, and see how everything fits into a real development workflow.
02 / COMPARE
See the tradeoffs.
Follow explicit alternatives, comparisons, and reviews with evidence states you can inspect.
03 / BUILD
Learn from real stacks.
See how developers combine tools, then share the setup that works for you.
editorial focus
Useful context, explicit evidence
Editorial evaluations focus on developer experience, privacy stance, pricing fairness, and real-world utility. Where evidence supports it, we flag telemetry concerns, highlight open-source alternatives, and move discontinued tools to the Graveyard so the catalog reflects what is actually maintained.
Methodology
- Verified reviews require a documented test context and cited sources
- Transparent 0–100 scoring across speed, privacy, and developer experience
- Separate source-check, test, content-update, and verification dates
- Legacy records stay partial or unclassified until evidence is backfilled
- Community-informed recommendations
Read the full scoring rubric and editorial standards on the Editorial Team & Methodology page.
Open data
The catalog is published as CC-BY-4.0 licensed JSON on the Open Data page. Content-update and editorial-verification dates stay distinct. The legacy as_of field remains for compatibility.
Follow & contact
Corrections and API questions go to the contact page or the developer portal. The privacy policy covers logs, analytics, and GitHub sign-in.
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