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24 alternatives to Bowery

the development environment you've always wanted

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bowery launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bowery.io▲50

   Get a full dev environment in under 30 seconds.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Bowery▲4

   Making web development easier.

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bowery Desktop▲266

   Set up your development environment in 30 seconds flat.

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hugg▲66

   Make your texts beautiful

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Developer Tea▲100

   10 minute podcast for devs on a tea/coffee break

   2015 · developertea.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   AHOY▲90

   Yo for location

   2014 · getahoy.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Frontends▲93

   A community for front-end developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tech Threads▲80

   Developer T-Shirts

   2014 · techthreads.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Bower▲64

   A package manager for the web

   2014 · bower.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · offlineinternet.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Skedaddle▲114

    Buspool to your favorite destinations

    2017 · alohafamilychiro.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cloud9▲115

    Your development environment, in the cloud

    2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Appcrawlr.com▲70

    The App Discovery Engine

    2014 · en.softonic.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Jink▲61

    Delightful Location Sharing

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    DevPort▲66

    Archive Your Work. Get Better Jobs.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Viaduct▲66

    The ultimate hosting platform for developers

    2015 · viaduct.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    #developers▲13

    The global developers community, on Slack

    2015 · hashtagdevelopers.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Quixey▲74

    The Search Engine For Apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    FTPloy▲106

    Easy continuous deployment for everyone

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    QuantifiedDev▲74

    All your software development activity in one place

    2014 · wakatime.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    DEVCOJOBS▲69

    The best jobs in the developer company community

    2015 · airtable.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Over Coffee▲62

    One awesome developer dob delivered daily

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Twibfy▲84

    Curated design inspiration

    2014 · bctechstrategy.ca · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Kindling▲67

    Idea management

    2014 · kindlingapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →