Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to X Writer – VS Code extension to post tweets from your editor
Hi HN, I built this extension because the context switching was killing my productivity. Every time I switched to the browser to share a coding update (#BuildInPublic), I ended up doomscrolling for 20 minutes and losing my flow. Since existing extensions broke with the X API v2 changes, I decided to build my own solution focusing on privacy and the Free Tier limits. How it works: BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys): It uses your own API credentials. Security: Keys are stored locally using vscode.SecretStorage (never in settings.json). Limits: It implements a local counter to respect the strict 17…
X Writer is a VS Code extension that lets developers post tweets directly from their editor using their own X API credentials. It stores keys locally for security, respects the free tier's 17-tweet daily limit, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Create, schedule, and publish social media posts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and more. Grow faster with analytics, tools and automations.
2020 · typefully.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a free, and completely open source, visual studio code extension, which generates tweets based on commits you select. While I was working on webtilities.com, an idea came to me: wouldn't it be cool that I could market this thing inside my editor. Ah, i'm truly lazy. Well, I spent a week building this thing that I bet no one will need because: * "This wont work. My commit messages are terrible" * "This is stupid, I can just use ChatGPT/Gemini/[Insert Chat Platform] directly" * "This is stupid, I get BILLED for using openai tokens" ... And the list goes on. But, I…
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Use an advanced AI to help you write content
2021 · contentbot.ai · its alternatives →
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TweePT3▲292The ultimate Twitter-integrated tweet writer powered by GPT3
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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X's new experiment in AI-human collaboration
2025 · communitynotes.x.com · its alternatives →
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Hi fellow hackers, I'm Ved, I came across the pain point of having a reader that could provide threads as articles after scrolling them many times and missing the context of the original info shared. To solve my itch I decided to build a thread reader without Ads(all existing sol. were full of them), since X/Twitter API was very pricey, I did some reverse engineering to convert rendered X.com/twitter pages to an API and host it in a VM (which obv. was dead cheap). All of your data is saved in LocalStorage. Including your comments and saved threads(there is a known issue with Linux…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Recently, I saw Github Next Code Brushes (https://githubnext.com/projects/code-brushes) which is a VSCode extension that can use AI to do things like make your code more readable, add types, etc. This inspired me: what if there was an extension that could use AI to make your code worse as well? Meet Spaghettify. An extension I developed that can do things like: - Obscure your code - Introduce a bug - Make the variable names way too descriptive - Use nonsymmetrical whitespace - Add irrelevant/rambling comments - Document the code with emoji - Document the code in any…
2023 · spaghettify.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi Hacker News, I developed an open source browser extension for summarizing Hacker News articles with OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs. It currently supports Chrome [1] and Firefox [2] (desktop). The extension adds the summarize buttons to the HN front page and article pages. It is bring-your-own-key, i.e. there's no back end behind it and the usage is free, you insert your API key and pay only for tokens to your LLM provider. [1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news-tldr/oo... [2]…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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XBeast▲228A few weeks ago I realized i was spending way too much time trying to write quality posts for Twitter. So I decided to look into scheduling tools which could help me automate my writing. I tried a few, but none of them satisfied me. Either the interface was way too complicated or the features i wanted were just not there. Finally, after some time I gave up… and instead I decided to just do it! I hacked up a quick prototype in a weekend. Tried it out - it worked!! Mostly.. I fixed some bugs, made a nice UI, and now (3 weeks later) I think I built one of the nicest scheduling tools out there.
2024 · xbeast.io · its alternatives →
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VSCode extension to generate comments for code snippets.
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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BlogTo▲82Blog from Vscode to medium, hashnode and dev.to
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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(WIP) Turn your VSCode into a decent markdown note taking platform - 0xGG/vscode-crossnote
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Together with PEZ (Peter Strömberg) I made a VSCode extension that allows you to script VSCode using Clojure (interpreted CLJS). The repo: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1oTf-1EchU See examples directory: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride/tree/master/ex... See animated gifs and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/vsjoyride?src=hashtag_click&f=li...
2022 · its alternatives →
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Connect X (Twitter) with 2000+ APIs and automate anything
2024 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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Hey developers I think we're tired of copying and pasting our codes and sharing links using PasteBin, GithubGist, or Slack. What if you could share the codes without copying the link and share them right from your favorite editor? That was the motivation for creating TurboGist. Right now, it's still in the MVP stage, and I'm trying to gather feedback from developers like you. It's available as a beta in the VS Code Extension store. Can you guys check this out? It'd help me a lot. You don't need to pay any penny, 100% FREE. However, I'm working on introducing a self-hosted feature. Besides, a…
2025 · turbogist.dev · its alternatives →
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Instantly share code snippets from VS Code with shortcut. Supports all programming languages. No sign-up, no hassle. Perfect for quick code reviews, debugging, or showing off your work.
2025 · snippetshare.dev · its alternatives →
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EdgeWriter▲77A CMS for your AI writing. Create, update, save for later
2023 · edgewriter.com · its alternatives →
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TextBin▲104A privacy focused open source alternative to paste bin
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Bring real-time writing support to your app to boost UX
2022 · linguix.com · its alternatives →
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