Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Low-code metrics store and Open Source alternative to Looker launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Looker▲83

   The data exploration for the modern business.

   2014 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Weave▲237

   Hey HN, We’re building Weave: an ML-powered tool to measure engineering output, that actually understands engineering output! Why? Here’s the thing: almost every eng leader already measures output - either openly or behind closed doors. But they rely on metrics like lines of code (correlation with effort: ~0.3), number of PRs, or story points (slightly better at ~0.35). These metrics are, frankly, terrible proxies for productivity. We’ve developed a custom model that analyzes code and its impact directly, with a far better 0.94 correlation. The result? A standardized engineering output…

   2025 · app.workweave.ai · its alternatives →

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   Quickmetrics – Simplest way to collect metrics with powerful charting▲8

   2019 · app.quickmetrics.io · its alternatives →

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   Tiny Stats▲160

   Analytics, sans dashboard.

   2017 · academicconsultant.co · its alternatives →

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   The Little Metrics Book▲64

   A free field guide to metrics

   2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

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   easyspecs.aifree tier, from $5.42/mo▲161

   The spec review platform

   Sep 2026 · easyspecs.ai · its alternatives →

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   MetricsGraphics.js▲84

   API for beautiful interactive graphics from time-series data

   2014 · metricsgraphicsjs.org · its alternatives →

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   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

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   KnightOS▲136

   An open-source OS for calculators

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success▲56

    A classic book for web analytics geeks

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

    How to think about data

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    judged.systems▲69

    The judgment API platform for support systems.

    15d ago · judged.systems · its alternatives →

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    A collection of tiny web tools and calculators▲5

    2022 · thetinytools.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AT
    A tool that finds formulas from values without supervision▲6

    2020 · turingbotsoftware.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Expose Go's database/sql stats as Prometheus metrics▲20

    A Go library for collecting sql.DBStats in Prometheus format - dlmiddlecote/sqlstats

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Codeless website analytics▲7

    2016 · thebigpicture.io · its alternatives →

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    DataHero... The fastest easiest way to automate Metrics and KPIs▲5

    2019 · datahero.com · its alternatives →

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    Spark-Metrics – A library to expose Apache Spark's metrics system▲7

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dolo, your friendly no-code data exploration tool▲6

    2021 · dolohq.com · its alternatives →

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    I open-sourced our internal tool for ML comparability/reproducibility▲5

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I created a tool to measure code quality [With a collaborative ranking]▲5

    2021 · codekhana.xyz · its alternatives →

22. 22WM
    We made an open-source visual data ETL▲8

    2022 · go.instill.tech · its alternatives →

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    SeeQR▲5

    An analytics tool to compare the different schemas & queries

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Centi▲6

    The simple alternative to analytics.

    2017 · 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 →