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Alternatives to SharpDevelop

SharpDevelop ranks #28 in Frameworks & Libraries with a BenchRank score of 53.9/100. These are the 69 other frameworks & libraries tools we rank, best first. Rank numbers show each tool's position in the full Frameworks & Libraries ranking.

  • Ranked 1

    81.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Encore

    Encore · Declare backend infrastructure in Go or TypeScript, deploy to your own cloud

    Best for: Teams building Go or TypeScript backends on their own AWS or GCP without a platform team

  • Ranked 2

    78.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Builder.io

    Builder · Collaborative platform for building software with AI agents

    Best for: Product teams wanting designers, PMs and marketers to edit the real codebase alongside engineers

  • Ranked 3

    78.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Convex

    Convex · Reactive TypeScript backend with database, functions, sync and search

    Best for: Teams building TypeScript apps that want database, functions, sync and file storage in one backend

  • Ranked 4

    78 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Inngest

    Inngest · Durable execution for background jobs, workflows and AI agents

    Best for: Teams adding retries, flow control and step-level tracing to background jobs and AI agents.

  • Ranked 5

    73.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Trigger.dev

    Trigger · Open source TypeScript platform for long-running tasks and AI workflows

    Best for: TypeScript teams offloading long-running background jobs and AI agent runs to managed infrastructure

  • Ranked 6

    71 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Reflex

    Reflex · Full-stack Python framework with hosting for internal tools

    Best for: Python teams building internal tools and data apps without a separate frontend stack

  • Ranked 7

    69.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    NocoDB

    NocoDB · Spreadsheet interface over your own Postgres or MySQL database

    Best for: Teams that want a spreadsheet-style interface over their own Postgres or MySQL data, without code

  • Ranked 8

    69.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Activepieces

    ActivePieces · Open source AI automation and agents with 756+ integrations

    Best for: Teams wanting an open source, self-hostable builder for AI agents and app-to-app automation flows.

  • Ranked 9

    69.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Baserow

    Baserow · Open-source no-code database and application builder, cloud or self-hosted

    Best for: Teams replacing spreadsheets with a database and no-code apps who need self-hosting or compliance

  • Ranked 10

    67.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Nhost

    NHost · Managed Postgres, GraphQL, auth, storage and functions backend

    Best for: Small teams wanting a managed Postgres and GraphQL backend without running their own infrastructure

  • Ranked 11

    67.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Capgo

    Capgo · Over-the-air live updates for Ionic and Capacitor apps

    Best for: Teams shipping Ionic and Capacitor apps that need JavaScript fixes live without waiting for store review

  • Ranked 12

    67.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    ToolJet

    ToolJet · Internal app, workflow and AI agent builder with a built-in Postgres database

    Best for: Teams building internal apps and workflows that need self-hosting, SSO and audit controls

  • Ranked 13

    67.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Appwrite

    Appwrite · Open-source backend and frontend hosting on one platform

    Best for: Developer teams wanting an open-source backend plus frontend hosting under one subscription.

  • Ranked 14

    66.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Vendure

    Vendure · Headless B2B ecommerce platform built on an open-source core

    Best for: B2B ecommerce teams needing contract pricing, company accounts and deep ERP integration

  • Ranked 15

    65.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Webstudio

    WebStudio · Open source visual website builder with CMS integrations and self-hosting

    Best for: Designers and agencies building marketing sites, directories and CMS-driven front ends without code

  • Ranked 16

    62.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Langflow

    Langflow · Low-code visual builder for AI agents and RAG applications

    Best for: Developers building LLM agents or RAG apps who want a visual builder they can extend in Python

  • Ranked 17

    61.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Directus

    Directus · Collaborative backend and self-hostable headless CMS over any database

    Best for: Teams wanting a self-hostable backend and headless CMS over an existing SQL database.

  • Ranked 18

    60.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Budibase

    Budibase · Open-source internal tools, automations and AI agents

    Best for: IT and ops teams building internal apps, approval workflows and AI agents over existing systems

  • Ranked 19

    60.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Instant

    Instant · Real-time frontend database with auth, permissions and storage

    Best for: Frontend and AI-assisted developers who want a real-time database in place of a custom backend

  • Ranked 20

    60.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Webiny

    Webiny · Open-source self-hosted headless CMS you extend in code

    Best for: Development teams wanting a self-hosted, code-extensible headless CMS on their own AWS account

  • Ranked 21

    59.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Hexabot

    Hexabot · Self-hosted AI workflow automation with chat, actions and memory

    Best for: Teams that want to self-host AI chat and workflow automation on their own infrastructure.

  • Ranked 22

    59.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Hatchet

    Hatchet · Orchestration engine for AI agents, background tasks and workflows

    Best for: Engineering teams orchestrating AI agents and background tasks in TypeScript, Python or Go

  • Ranked 22

    59.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Appsmith

    AppSmith · Open-source low-code platform for building internal applications

    Best for: Developer teams building internal tools such as admin panels, dashboards and CRUD frontends.

  • Ranked 24

    58.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Grida

    Grida · Open-source canvas and desktop workspace for design, SVG and decks

    Best for: Designers and developers wanting an open-source local canvas with AI-assisted SVG and decks

  • Ranked 25

    55.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OpnForm

    OpnForm · Open-source form builder with unlimited responses and self-hosting

    Best for: Teams that need unlimited form responses and the option to self-host or keep data in the EU

  • Ranked 26

    54.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Tiptap

    TipTap · Headless open-source editor framework with a paid collaboration platform

    Best for: Developer teams embedding a rich-text editor with collaboration, comments or AI into their own app.

  • Ranked 27

    54.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Typebot

    Typebot · Open-source no-code chat builder for websites and WhatsApp

    Best for: Marketing, support and sales teams building no-code chat forms for websites and WhatsApp

  • Ranked 29

    53.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    ForgeCode

    Tailcall · Open-source coding harness that runs inside your ZSH terminal

    Best for: Developers who work in a ZSH terminal and want an open-source, model-agnostic coding agent.

  • Ranked 30

    53.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Chartbrew

    Chartbrew · Live KPI dashboards built from your databases and APIs

    Best for: Product teams and agencies that need live KPI dashboards built from their own databases and APIs.

  • Ranked 31

    50.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Mockoon

    Mockoon · Local, open-source mock REST API servers with a cloud option

    Best for: Developers and small teams needing local mock REST APIs for development and integration testing

  • Ranked 32

    49.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Grist

    Grist · Relational spreadsheet-database with Python formulas and row-level access rules

    Best for: Teams turning spreadsheets into relational apps that need row-level access rules or self-hosting

  • Ranked 33

    48.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Teable

    Teable · AI spreadsheet-database for apps, automations and workflows

    Best for: Small teams replacing scattered spreadsheets with a shared database, AI fields and automations

  • Ranked 34

    48.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    AITable.ai

    AITable · Visual database with forms, automations and AI agents

    Best for: Small teams wanting a spreadsheet-style database for CRM and projects with unlimited seats

  • Ranked 35

    48.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    NocoBase

    NocoBase · Open-source AI and no-code platform for building business systems

    Best for: Teams self-hosting internal business systems who want no-code building plus AI agents

  • Ranked 36

    47.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Electron

    Electron · Cross-platform desktop apps built with JavaScript, HTML and CSS

    Best for: Web developers building desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux from one JavaScript codebase.

  • Ranked 36

    47.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Silex

    Silex · Open-source visual builder for static sites with CMS integration

    Best for: Web professionals and agencies building multiple static sites who want an open-source visual builder

  • Ranked 38

    47.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Plasmic

    Plasmic · Visual builder that integrates with your existing React codebase

    Best for: Teams letting designers and marketers build UI on top of an existing React codebase

  • Ranked 39

    46.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Proxed.AI

    Proxed AI · Proxy that keeps AI provider keys out of iOS apps

    Best for: iOS developers calling OpenAI or Anthropic who need provider keys kept off the device.

  • Ranked 40

    46.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Rowy

    Rowy · Spreadsheet UI and in-browser Cloud Functions for Firestore

    Best for: Teams on Firebase/Firestore wanting a spreadsheet UI over their data plus in-browser backend code

  • Ranked 41

    46.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Nordcraft

    Nordcraft · Visual website builder with an AI agent and an open-source runtime

    Best for: Creative studios and web developers who want a visual builder with AI edits and no seat pricing.

  • Ranked 42

    46.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Font Awesome

    Font Awesome · Hosted icon library and toolkit added with a single embed code

    Best for: Designers and developers who want a hosted icon set added to any site with one embed code.

  • Ranked 43

    45.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Refine

    Refine · AI-built React internal tools from your existing REST or Supabase APIs

    Best for: Development teams building React internal tools and admin panels on existing REST APIs or Supabase.

  • Ranked 44

    43.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Keystone

    KeystoneJS · Open source headless CMS that builds a GraphQL API from your schema

    Best for: Node.js developers who want a code-defined GraphQL backend and admin UI for structured content

  • Ranked 45

    43.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    ProcessWire

    ProcessWire · Open source PHP CMS with custom fields and an API-driven template layer

    Best for: PHP developers building content sites who want custom fields and full control of the markup

  • Ranked 46

    42.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Giselle

    Giselle · Visual builder for chain-of-thought AI agents in product workflows

    Best for: Small product and engineering teams automating research, PR reviews and docs without writing code.

  • Ranked 47

    41.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    LyteNyte Grid

    LyteNyte Grid · React data grid with server-side loading, pivoting and tree data

    Best for: React teams building data-heavy screens that need server-side loading, grouping and pivoting.

  • Ranked 48

    40.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    HeyForm

    HeyForm · Open-source form and survey builder

    Best for: Small businesses and makers building surveys, quizzes and polls who want an open-source option

  • Ranked 49

    40.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Qt Framework

    Qt · Cross-platform framework for desktop, mobile, embedded and MCU software

    Best for: Teams building one codebase for desktop, mobile, embedded and microcontroller targets.

  • Ranked 50

    39.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    CodeZero

    CodeZero · Open-source no-code platform for automations and AI agents

    Best for: Teams that want no-code automations and AI agents while keeping data on their own infrastructure.

  • Ranked 51

    38.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    MuPDF

    MuPDF · Embeddable PDF and document library with C, Python, JS and .NET bindings

    Best for: Developers embedding PDF viewing, editing and extraction into their own applications

  • Ranked 52

    38.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    TestZeus

    Hercules · Agent-driven test automation for Salesforce, authored in plain English

    Best for: Salesforce QA teams running regression across sandboxes who want tests written in plain English

  • Ranked 53

    37.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Mathesar

    Mathesar · Open source spreadsheet-like UI for Postgres data

    Best for: Teams on Postgres who want non-technical staff to view and edit database data in a spreadsheet UI

  • Ranked 54

    37.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Scrapy

    Scrapy · Open source Python framework for web scraping and crawling

    Best for: Python developers building maintainable crawlers that extract public web data at scale.

  • Ranked 55

    37 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Fonoster

    Fonoster · Open-source programmable voice and messaging platform

    Best for: Developers building voice or messaging apps who want an open-source alternative to Twilio

  • Ranked 56

    35.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Automa

    Automa · No-code AI agents and RPA workflows run from a desktop app

    Best for: Ops, finance and support teams wanting no-code desktop RPA bots for repetitive web and app tasks.

  • Ranked 57

    35.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Alokai

    Alokai · Frontend platform for enterprise commerce: storefront, data layer, cloud and AI

    Best for: Enterprise commerce teams running multi-brand or B2B/B2C stores on a headless frontend

  • Ranked 58

    33.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    PocketBase

    PocketBase · Open source backend in one file with realtime database, auth and file storage

    Best for: Developers wanting a single-file, self-hosted backend with database, auth and file storage.

  • Ranked 59

    31.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    BKND

    Bknd · Open-source JavaScript backend that runs standalone or inside your framework

    Best for: JavaScript developers wanting a self-hosted backend embedded in a Next.js, Remix or Hono app

  • Ranked 60

    31 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Structr

    Structr · Self-hosted low-code platform built on a Neo4j graph database

    Best for: Teams in the EU needing self-hosted internal apps with graph data and fine-grained permissions.

  • Ranked 61

    30 — BenchRank score out of 100

    SageMath

    SageMath · Python-based open-source mathematics system built on existing packages

    Best for: Students and researchers wanting a free alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica or Matlab

  • Ranked 62

    26.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Jmix

    Jmix · Open-source Java platform for enterprise data applications

    Best for: Java teams building internal B2B or B2G business apps without a separate frontend stack

  • Ranked 63

    26.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Vvveb

    Vvveb CMS · Open source PHP CMS and ecommerce platform with a drag-and-drop builder

    Best for: Teams self-hosting a PHP site or shop who want a drag-and-drop builder with headless APIs

  • Ranked 64

    25.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    IronCalc

    IronCalc · Open-source spreadsheet engine built in Rust

    Best for: Developers embedding spreadsheet calculation in their own apps, and teams self-hosting a spreadsheet

  • Ranked 65

    24.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Comma

    Nucelo · Personal website builder for resume, link-in-bio and blog pages

    Best for: Individuals who want a personal site for a CV, link-in-bio or blog without building one

  • Ranked 66

    24 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Onlook

    Onlook · Visual code editor for designers and product managers

    Best for: Design and product teams editing a real React codebase visually rather than a separate design file

  • Ranked 67

    22.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

    FFmpeg

    FFmpeg · Cross-platform command-line tool to record, convert and stream audio and video

    Best for: Teams that need to record, convert or stream audio and video from the command line.

  • Ranked 68

    20.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Palform

    Palform · End-to-end encrypted form and survey builder, open source under AGPL

    Best for: Teams collecting sensitive form data who want encrypted, EU-hosted surveys on a small budget.

  • Ranked 69

    14.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    GNU Octave

    GNU Octave · Scientific programming language with built-in 2D and 3D plotting

    Best for: Scientists and engineers wanting a free, Matlab-compatible language for matrix maths and plotting

  • Ranked 70

    10.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Scilab

    Scilab · Open source software for numerical computation

    Best for: Students, academics, engineers and scientists doing numerical computation on the desktop.

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