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24 alternatives to Heroku DX

The new Heroku developer experience

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

1. 1
   Heroku▲115

   Cloud application platform

   2014 · heroku.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   New Heroku Dashboard▲71

   Public beta for their new dashboard

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Heroku CI▲208

   Continuous Integration from Heroku

   2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Morph▲90

   Heroku for Scrapers

   2014 · morph.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The New Twitter Developers▲232

   An entirely new experience for docs and developer resources

   2016 · dev.twitter.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   LovelyHeroku▲79

   Scale and debug your Heroku dynos on the go (Android only)

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dokku▲90

   Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ExpeditedSSL▲87

   Fastest + Easiest Heroku SSL

   2014 · expeditedsecurity.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Purple▲2

   Heroku proprietary UI kit

   2015 · design.herokai.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Heroku ChatOps for Slack▲81

    Heroku pipeline deployments from Slack.

    2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Cloud9▲115

    Your development environment, in the cloud

    2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Kaffeine▲30

    Keep your Heroku app awake

    2015 · kaffeine.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    TechSpiked▲151

    Entertainment for Techies

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    tenXer▲122

    Better manage your software engineering team

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Carbide▲164

    A new kind of programming environment

    2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tech Threads▲80

    Developer T-Shirts

    2014 · techthreads.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HakkaLogs▲125

    Automated networking for developers

    2014 · hakkalabs.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hakka Labs▲69

    Community (content, jobs) for software engineers

    2014 · hakkalabs.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98

    Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Game Dev Story▲80

    Run your own game dev studio!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    USV Topics▲73

    A weekly conversation about a current topic in tech

    2015 · usv.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Game Dev Links▲56

    The Best Game Dev Links of the Week

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    RushTix▲81

    Experience Subscription

    2015 · rushtix.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DevChat.tv▲89

    The ultimate content and learning network for programmers

    2015 · 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 →