40+ Tools for Startup Builders (updated 2022-08-09)

Today I looked at my bookmarks and gathered tools that may be useful for bootstrappers. They will help you to launch a product fast and cheaply.

It is critical to understand one thing. If you are familiar with a tool that can solve your problem, don't spend time learning a new one. Use what you already know. Otherwise, you can try one of the tools listed below.

What tools to use for bootstrapping #

• Improve writing
  • Wordtune
  • Grammarly
  • Hemingway
  • Deepl
  • Quillbot
  • Copy.ai
• Analyze communities
  • GummySearch (for Reddit, 7 days free)
  • https://f5bot.com/ (Reddit, Hacker News)
• Make beautiful screenshots
  • Brandbird
  • Tinykiwi
  • Screenshot Machine
• Edit images
  • Photopea
• Setup meta tags and favicons
  • https://metatags.io
  • https://realfavicongenerator.net
  • https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator/
  • https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
• Get free images
  • https://pexels.com
  • https://unsplash.com
  • https://www.gettyimages.com/
• Design interfaces
  • Figma
  • Dribbble
  • https://www.canva.com/
  • https://www.landingfolio.com/ - Landing page design inspiration
  • https://www.sketch.com/
• Buy domains
  • Namecheap
  • Godaddy
  • Google Domains
• Start a blog
  • 11ty (template https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog)
  • Blotter https://useblotter.com/
• Accept emails
  • G Suite
  • Cloudflare email routing
  • Fastmail
• Send out emails
  • Mailchimp
  • Mailgun
• Setup CDN & DNS
  • Cloudflare
• Store app data
  • Airtable
  • SQLite
  • Supabase
• Host frontend
  • Cloudflare pages
  • Github pages
• Host backend
  • Cloudflare workers
• Ask users and collect answers
  • Tally
  • Typeform (up to 10 responses/month)
  • Google forms
• Collect visitor stats
  • Plausible (1 month free)
  • Pirsch Analytics
  • Google Analytics
  • Posthog
  • hotjar
  • https://amplitude.com/
  • https://logsnag.com/
• Collect app performance stats
  • Newrelic
  • Sentry
  • https://uptimerobot.com/
• Accept payments
  • Stripe
  • Paddle
  • Braintree
  • Paypal
  • Gumroad
• Improve SEO
  • Ahrefs website checker - https://ahrefs.com/ru/website-checker
• Comply with legal requirements
  • https://getterms.io/
  • https://www.avodocs.com/
  • iubenda
• Support your customers
  • https://crisp.chat/

Inspired by

1. JS stack by Tony Dinh
2. Free online tools by Tony Dinh
3. Design tools for creators by Ch Daniel
4. What's in Your Tech Stack by Sébastien Dubois
5. Love, Uncovered
6. Promote Your Next Startup by Oleksii Trekhleb

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