Popular Tools For Building :
Below is a collection of some of the popular tools for building a Startup :
Searching:
Bugging:
- Methodology
- Open Source
- Commercial
- assembla (Hosted / Saas)
- Bontq (Hosted / Saas)
- Fogbugz (Download and SaaS)
- Intervals (Hosted / Saas)
- JIRA (Download and SaaS)
- Lighthouse (Hosted / Saas)
- Pivotal Tracker (Hosted / SaaS)
- PlayNice.ly (Hosted / Saas)
- RT : Request Tracker (Download and SaaS)
- SifterApp (Hosted / Saas)
- Rails Specific
- Exceptional (Rails-specific)
- Hoptoad (Rails-specific)
- Redmine
Performance
- Server Monitoring
- Google Page Speed
- Munin
- Nagios (open source)
- New Relic (Rails-specific)
- Panopta (advanced monitoring of servers and SaaS applications)
- Pingdom (up/down alerts)
- Server Density (easy resource usage monitoring)
- WebPagetest (load time analysis from US/NZ)
- BlameStella (a developer’s tools for monitoring & debugging webapps)
- Tools
- Fnord (resources hosting)
- Gatling (resources hosting)
- kHTTPd (resources hosting)
- JS/CSS Compression Using YUI Compressor
- memcached
- mod_perlite (Perl)
- PHP-FPM (a patch for php4/5 to greatly improve FastCGI SAPI usage)
- pgbouncer (Lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL, from the developers of Skype)
- UberTags (Asynchronous code snippet loader & manager)
- Varnish Cache (reverse proxy)
- WAPT ( load and stress testing tool for websites and web-based applications)
- YSlow (performance checklist)
- YUICompressor
Forms
- Formstack
- Google Docs
- JotForm
- Wufoo
- ContactUsPlus
- Uni–Form (styled and standardized markup for forms, has client–side validation, plugins for programming frameworks also available)
Analytics
- Bime SAAS Analytics
- Builtwith
- Chartbeat
- GoSquared
- ClickHeat
- Clicky
- Crazy Egg
- Google Analytics
- KISSmetrics
- MixPanel
- Optimizely
- Piwik
- Quantcast
- Rifgraf
- Site Pulse – Live Web Traffic Monitor and Analytics
- StaTools
- SurCentro
- Totango
- WebsiteGrader
Color
Logo
- BrandStack
- DesignCrowd (formerly DesignBay)
- 99designs
- CrowdSpring
- Elance
- Guerra-Creativa
- LogoTournament
- ShopForDesigns
- WeCreateLogos
Image manipulation
- Aviary
- FotoFlexer
- Gimp
- Paint.NET
- Photoshop Express
- Picnik
- Pixelmator
- Pixlr
- Seashore (mac only)
- Splashup
- IrfanView
Audio
Video
Presentation tools
Login System
Social functionality
Location
- AWeber
- Campaign Monitor
- Easymsg
- Exact Target
- eway direct
- iContact
- Litmus (for testing)
- MailChimp
- Hmail Server
- Postmark
- SendGrid
- Simple Email Service
- SMTP
Affiliate & Referral Programs
Telephony
Servers / VPS / Hosting
Hiring / Recruitment
Accounting, Taxes & Payroll
- Clear Books
- Exponent
- KashFlow
- Xero
- ReceiptFarm
- WorkingPoint
- Sure Payroll
- Outright.com
- LessAccounting
- Wave Accounting
- Indinero
Invoicing & Payments
- Ballpark
- Bill On Site
- Billshare
- BillingBoss
- Blinksale
- CurdBee
- Expensify
- FreshBooks
- Harvest
- Ronin
- WorkingPoint
- Xpenser
Credit Card Processing
- Braintree
- FastSpring
- FeeFighters (compares credit card processors, reverse-auctions rate)
Subscription Payments / Management / Billing
Managing APIs
Web frameworks
- cakePHP (PHP)
- Code Igniter
- Django (Python)
- Drupal (PHP)
- Kohana (PHP)
- Rails (Ruby)
- StaticMatic
- Zend Framework (PHP)
- web.py (Python)
- WordPress (PHP)
- Google Web Toolkit (Java, Javascript)
- dancer (Perl)
- Stripes (Java)
- Symfony (PHP)
Databases
- Drizzle (Lightweight MySQL fork)
- MySQL (OpenSource)
- PostgreSQL (OpenSource)
- quickbase
- Swordfish
- Riak (open source; Apache 2.0)
- Xeround (Database-as-a-Service)
- MongoDB (nosql)
Sharing & storing files
Image Galleries
- SlideshowPro (Commercial)
- SimpleViewer (Free)
Performance & Team Management
Customer Relationship Management
- Assistly
- BatchBook
- CloudContacts
- PipelineDeals
- Canned Responses and TextExpander or AutoHotKey
- Zoho
- Highrise
- SugarCRM Community Edition
- Tactile CRM
- Capsule CRM
- OnePageCRM
Feedback and FAQ
- FogBugz
- Get Satisfaction
- Hab.la
- LivePerson
- Redmine
- UserVoice
- Zendesk
- Launchly
- SurveyMonkey (user surveys)
- Qwk.io (user surveys)
- Amplicate
- Tender
- GutCheck (1:1 interviews with target audience)
- KISSinsights (on-site mini-surveys)
Websites
Test- and Behavior-Driven Development
Collaboration Platform
- CentralDesktop
- Comapping.com (online mindmapping collaborative tool)
- Confluence
- Unified Inbox
- Projectmanager
- Huddle.net
- Meetup
- OpenGoo (OpenSource and Lightweight)
- Ohloh
- PBworks
- YouNoodle
- assembla
- Box.net
Contractor Management
Code Hosting and Version Control
- assembla (svn, git, mercurial + trac)
- Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…)
- bitbucket (mercurial only, basically a copy of github… which isn’t bad)
- code spaces (svn)
- CVSDude (svn)
- github (git only)
- launchpad (bzr only, also only open source projects)
- Unfuddle (hosted svn/git, ticketing, etc.)
- Patch-tag (Darcs)
- Codebase (hosted git/svn/hg, ticketing, wiki, etc.)
- Indefero (git/svn/hg, ticketing, etc.)
- ProjectLocker
Social Media Tracking/Marketing
Browser Compatibility tools
Screenshot/screencast tools
- Camtasia
- Droplr
- Markup.io
- Jing Project
- ScreenflowPixelmator
- Snapz Pro X
- Screenr
- TinyGrab
- SnagIt
- Skitch
- Screentoaster
CDNs
- SimpleCDN (commercial)
- CoralCDN (academic)
- Amazon CloudFront
- Amazon S3
Cloud Infrastructure
- Amazon EC2
- Google App Engine
- see the Libcloud-compatible cloud providers
- Flexiscale
- Engine Yard
Loading Animations
Private beta invitations & management:
Scanning / Document Management
Ad Serving Technology
- Open X (Open source Ad server)
- DoubleClick for Small Publishers
- Zedo
Project Management tools
- 5PM
- BaseCamp
- PBworks Project Management
- Flow
- WizeHive
- ManyMoon
- Project Drive
- TeamworkPM
- Swiftlight
- SCRUM and/or Kan-ban based
Time Management Software
Customer Support Tools
Mockups
- Balsamiq
- QMockup
- Mockingbird – wireframes-as-a-service
- Upstage App – Pitch and share mobile (iOS) mockups
- Keynotopia – Keynote templates
Dashboards
Sourcing Professional Services (e.g. Lawyers, Accountants, Consultants)
Webcast / Screen sharing
Realtime push