Developer & terminal tools
Editors, terminals, git clients, database GUIs and API clients that never learned to charge you monthly.
Category: Dev tools
- Design, graphics & illustration15
- Developer & terminal tools15
- Documents, PDF & office13
- Email, calendar & tasks15
- Files, disk & backup14
- Launchers, clipboard & automation12
- Menu bar & system utilities12
- Privacy, security & networking13
- Screenshots, recording & annotation15
- Video, audio & media14
- Window management & desktop control14
- Writing, notes & markdown14
Licence
- PerpetualUpdates included, forever35
- This versionThe next major is a new purchase47
- Paid upgradesMajor versions cost again25
- Lifetime tierA one-time plan of a subscription app14
- FreewareNothing to buy9
- Open sourceNothing to buy; source published36
Each mark reads left to right: this major version, the next, the one after. Filled is included, half is a paid upgrade, hollow is bought again.
Price
11 apps priced in £ or € sit outside these bands, because we don’t convert currencies.
 Base 3Menial | £29.99This version | Menial does not publish update terms, and past major versions were paid upgrades |
 BBEditBare Bones Software | $59.99Paid upgrades | Major versions are paid upgrades, currently $29.99 to $39.99 every couple of years |
 Beyond Compare 5Scooter Software | $35Paid upgrades | Three-way merge is Pro only, so the $35 Standard edition will not serve as a git merge tool |
 BrunoBruno (usebruno) | FreeOpen source | Deeper git and team features are subscription-only; only the open-source app is free |
 CodeRunnerNikolai Krill | $22.99Perpetual | Company or institution machines need the $15-per-computer site licence, minimum five |
 DevUtilsDevUtils | $29This version | Updates stop after a year unless you renew at 40% off; your copy keeps working |
 ForkDan Pristupov and Tanya Pristupova | $59.99Perpetual | Nothing on the site promises free major upgrades, so a paid version 3 is possible |
 GhosttyMitchell Hashimoto and contributors | FreeOpen source | Support is GitHub issues, and some niche iTerm2 features are still missing |
 iTerm2George Nachman | FreeOpen source | One maintainer sets the pace, and very high-volume output feels slower than GPU terminals |
 NovaPanic | $99This version | The $99 covers one year of updates, then it auto-renews at $49/year unless you cancel |
 Postico 2Egger Apps | $69This version | The licence covers Postico 2.x only, and Postico 3 will be a paid upgrade as 2 was |
 ProxymanProxyman (TablePlus Inc.) | $89This version | One year of updates; after that you keep every Pro feature, but not new releases |
 Sublime MergeSublime HQ | $99This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade |
 Sublime TextSublime HQ | $99This version | Updates stop after three years; your version keeps working but newer builds need a paid upgrade |
 TablePlusTablePlus Inc. | $99This version | Updates stop after one year unless you renew; the app itself keeps working |