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the 10 most upvoted developer tools launched by indie founders on ShipDesk.dev in the last 12 months. the order comes from upvotes alone; paid plans do not change it.
updated November 2026
Crontinel monitors Laravel scheduled tasks and queue workers, alerting you when a job fails, runs late, or stops running.
Static HTML + Tailwind landing-page boilerplate ZIP for indie makers. Instant Gumroad download.
An independent third-party host for Jev, a decision model that returns typed labels and probabilities (choice, score, yes/no) for classify, route and moderate tasks. 5 free runs; prepaid packs from $5. Not TypeSafe official.
Give AI agents focused code context through MCP. Reduce unnecessary file reads and retrieval calls, or prepare evidence-backed context for local models.
Find copied links, keep files ready to share and use on-device dictation. Try free for three days on macOS 15 Sequoia or later. No card needed.
MoreMagpie is an AI-powered discovery and build-planning companion for non-tech founders. Describe what you want to build in plain English and discover software, frameworks, hardware and specialist techniques you didn't know existed…
Ship Kit is a Claude Code plugin for indie makers getting ready to launch. It reads your repo and checks your live site against 24 launch checks: share image, title and description, a visible price, robots.txt rules for search and AI…
Cipher Cove offers free Morse code and Wingdings translators with printable alphabet charts. Convert text to Morse (with playable/downloadable audio) and Morse back to text, explore Wingdings and related symbol encodings, all client-side…
CloudPloy lets you deploy anywhere from your AI tool. Add the CloudPloy MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, OpenCode or any MCP client, sign in when the browser asks, and your agent can list servers, estimate cost, provision a…
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