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Raycast
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A fast, keyboard-driven Mac/Windows launcher with an extension store and built-in AI commands for power users who live in shortcuts.
1.1M visits/mo3.4K saves
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Convex
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TypeScript backend-as-a-service with a reactive database, server functions, auth and file storage for full-stack and AI apps.
692K visits/mo20K saves
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Kilo Code
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Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at zero inference markup and BYOK.
10K visits/mo57K saves
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MagicLearn
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Online course platform teaching non-coders to build with AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code.
6.0K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
Free & Starter: $0/mo (pay-as-you-go, 1-6 developers)
Professional: $25/developer/mo
Business & Enterprise: $2,500/mo minimum
Free: $0 (open source; AI usage billed separately)
Teams: $15/user/mo (14-day free trial)
KiloClaw hosting: from $55/mo
Free trial available
Free: $0 (limited course previews)
Pro: $17/month (billed $200/year, all courses)
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Coding education platform for beginners
- ✦Curriculum on Next.js, Vercel, and AI
- ✦AI-powered app development
- ✦Live events and hackathons
- ✦Coding community
- ✦AI-centric platform for software engineers
- ✦Nia AI for code understanding
- ✦Context management and codebase understanding tools
- ✦Extendable command-bar launcher for macOS and beta Windows support
- ✦Thousands of third-party extensions from a public store
- ✦Built-in AI chat and custom AI command automation
- ✦Clipboard history, window management, and calculator utilities
- ✦Text snippets and quicklinks for repetitive actions
- ✦Hotkeys and aliases for common apps and commands
- ✦Team plan for sharing snippets, quicklinks, and extensions
- ✦Reactive real-time database
- ✦TypeScript server functions (queries/mutations/actions)
- ✦Built-in authentication
- ✦Cron jobs and backend workflows
- ✦File storage, text and vector search
- ✦ACID transactions; open-source/self-host
- ✦500+ AI models at zero inference markup
- ✦Bring-your-own-keys and local model support
- ✦MIT-licensed, fully open source
- ✦Works in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud
- ✦Agent modes (Code, Architect)
- ✦Parallel isolated worktrees
- ✦Slack code reviewer and gateway
- ✦Courses on AI code editors such as Cursor
- ✦Claude Code and full-stack AI development lessons
- ✦AI agents and automation training
- ✦App-building from idea to production
- ✦Prompt engineering instruction
- ✦Magic MCP and ongoing content updates
Use cases
- →Learning to code and build AI-powered applications
- →Developing AI agents that can work with code safely and effectively
- →Empowering developers to orchestrate AI agents across the software lifecycle
- →Improving context management and codebase understanding for AI agents
- →Launching apps and running quick commands without leaving the keyboard
- →Automating repetitive text and file tasks with snippets and quicklinks
- →Getting AI answers or writing help without switching apps
- →Sharing productivity tooling and extensions across a team
- →Building real-time reactive apps
- →Backends for AI agents
- →Replacing Firebase or Supabase
- →Full-stack TypeScript development
- →Writing and refactoring production code with AI
- →Planning features before implementation
- →Running agents across multiple IDEs and the CLI
- →Learn to code using AI assistants
- →Roll out AI tooling across an engineering team
- →Build and ship apps with no prior experience
- →Upskill in prompt engineering
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