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Building for Steve: Founder assembling a first stack.
Recommended stack
Monthly total: $22/month
Recommended stack updated. Monthly total $22/month. 3 tools.
Coding
OpenAI's lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Free · listed as Free and open source; self-hosting, model or API costs may apply
Swap this tool
- OpenCode — Free
- Amazon Q Developer — $19/month
- Claude Code — $20/month
- Kilo Code — Free
- GitHub Copilot — $10/month
Free alternatives
- OpenCode — has a free tier
- Amazon Q Developer — has a free tier
- Kilo Code — has a free tier
- GitHub Copilot — has a free tier
- Continue — has a free tier
Writing
Swap this tool
- ProWritingAid — $30/month
- TextCortex — $0/month
- Rytr — $7.5/month
- FeedHive — $15/month
- Frase — $39/month
Free alternatives
- ProWritingAid — has a free tier
- Copy.ai — has a free tier
- TextCortex — has a free tier
- Rytr — has a free tier
- HIX AI — has a free tier
Notes and workspace
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- Trilium Notes — Free
- Capacities — $9.99/month
- AppFlowy — $0/month
- Anytype — $16/month
- Onyx — Free
Free alternatives
- Trilium Notes — has a free tier
- Capacities — has a free tier
- Tana — has a free tier
- AppFlowy — has a free tier
- Anytype — has a free tier