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Sidekick - Live application debugger is now open source▲77
Sidekick is a live application debugger that lets you troubleshoot your applications while they keep on running. It allows you to add dynamic logs and put non-breaking breakpoints in your running application without the need of stopping & redeploying. Currently supporting Java, Python & Node.js runtimes. Sidekick Open Source is here to allow self-hosting and make live debugging more accessible. Built for everyone who needs extra information from their running applications.
2022 · github.com
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Sidekick, an open source Claude Code alternative▲25
2025 · github.com
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Thundra Sidekick▲175
Trace and de-bug microservices remotely for $0
2021
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Sidekick PyCharm Plugin▲80
Bringing the simplicity of print() to production debugging!
2022
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Sidekick Browser▲1,051
The fastest browser built for work.
2020 · perplexity.ai
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Sidekick▲482
Build Zapier-style automations using only a chat interface
2025
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DevHunt▲946
Open source Product Hunt for dev tools
2023 · devhunt.org
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BetterBugs.io▲669
Capture bugs, record sessions, and fix with AI
2024 · betterbugs.io
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A web debugger an ex-Cloudflare team has been working on for 4 years▲886
Hey HN, I wanted to show you a product a small team and I have been working on for 4 years. https://jam.dev It’s called Jam and it prevents product managers (like I used to be) from being able to create vague and un-reproducible bug tickets (like I used to create). It’s actually really hard as a non-engineer to file useful bug tickets for engineers. Like, sometimes I thought I included a screenshot, but the important information the engineer needed was what was actually right outside the boundary of the screenshot I took. Or I'd write that something "didn't work" but the engineer…
2024
10OS
Open-source alternative to Retool▲420
2022 · github.com
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superlog▲500
Make your product bug-free
Jun 2026 · superlog.sh
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Sidekick (by Jigso)▲321
Interact with your business apps in a ChatGPT-style
2023
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TraceRoot.AI▲344
Fix bugs faster with open source, AI native observability
2025
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DevReports by PlayerZero▲188
Everything you need to debug, in one shareable link
2023
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Sidekick Browser for Teams▲172
First ever browser based OS for work
2023
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Opengrep▲340
The open source code security engine
2025
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Buddy▲209
One-click delivery automation for developers
2016
18ST
Sidekick – The zot coding agent, one click away on macOS▲12
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Jam Tracing▲200
Instantly record and debug across your entire stack
2023
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Bugbot by Kuoll▲204
Instantly see user actions that lead up to a bug, in Slack
2017
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Pullpo.io▲162
Developer productivity made easy
2023
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Sidekick▲107
ChatGPT for developer docs. Search & update from Slack
2023
23BC
BiTE – Cross-platform executable viewer and reverse engineering tool▲176
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share a project I’ve been working on throughout my university studies. It’s called BiTE (https://github.com/WINSDK/bite) and it's a tool primarily focused on being an executable viewer with reverse engineering capabilities. BiTE supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux, along with their associated executable formats. It’s also capable of parsing and displaying debug information using DWARF/PDB formats, which I hope will be useful even for just comparing codegen. I’ve put a lot of effort into this and it's the first time I'm releasing something…
2024 · github.com
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errsole▲133
First open-source Node.js logger with a built-in log viewer
2025

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