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24 alternatives to TONIC

TONIC is an awesome visualization REPL for node. I

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TONIC launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1TA
   Tonic – A data visualizing REPL for Node.js▲342

   2015 · tonicdev.com · its alternatives →

2. 2WB
   Web browser to help programmers think clearly▲1,070

   2021 · bonsaibrowser.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Silk + import.io▲220

   Turn millions of Web pages into your own visualizations

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Ramotion▲74

   Exclusive mockups to make long lasting first impressions

   2015 · ramotion.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   IndigoStack – a new native macOS app for local web development▲187

   Hi HN, I'm opening up the beta for IndigoStack. It's a native macOS app which provides a fresh take on how to run all the services you need for local web development. I've been building it for myself as a Laravel & Drupal developer and I'm now looking to get some beta testers on board! Check it out, and don't forget to sign up to the forums to give us your feedback! https://indigostack.app My motivation: Like many developers I've developed a love-hate relationship with the existing options for local development on a Mac. If they're virtualised, you'll often get... * high CPU usage…

   2022 · indigostack.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Silk 2.0▲135

   Publish data online and create interactive visualizations

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Kinase▲159

   A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

   2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Silk 1.5▲133

   Publish data online and create interactive visualizations

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Braid▲119

   Free, simple project management inside Gmail and Gcal

   2015 · braidhq.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Forestry▲187

    A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Quiver▲141

    A notebook built for programmers on your Mac

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Creator▲114

    Free live prototyping tool to build better ionic apps

    2014 · ionic.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Render▲169

    React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    StyleKit▲120

    UI framework for OSX

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Modulus▲91

    Hosting, scaling, and data for Node.js applications

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Swift Devs▲101

    A community for developers and students of Swift

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Cactus for Mac▲92

    A better workflow for hand coding websites

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Beaker▲92

    An experimental P2P browser

    2016 · casinositeleri.me · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Trace▲102

    Visualized Node.js monitoring

    2016 · risingstack.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Impromptu: Knocking It Out of The Park▲60

    CSS Less, Swift, App Slicing, Node JS, Apple Car, new iPads

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Speculo▲81

    Colour palette visualisation

    2016 · speculo.co · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Quill▲83

    An Open Source Rich Text Editor with an API.

    2014 · quilljs.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

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    Larder▲81

    Bookmarking for developers

    2016 · larder.io · its alternatives →

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