Best Developer & Research Tools
Looking for the best developer & research tools? Below are 10 ready-to-run tools you can launch in the cloud in a click — search GitHub, Stack Exchange, npm, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Wikipedia and Hacker News from code or AI agents.
Developer & Research ToolsGitHub Scraper
Search GitHub repos or users and export clean rows: stars, forks, language, topics, license, plus user bio, company, location and follower count.
Developer & Research ToolsStack Overflow / Stack Exchange Scraper
Search Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange by keyword or tags. Get structured questions with score, answers, views, tags, author, and link as JSON or CSV.
Developer & Research ToolsPackage Registry Scraper (npm + PyPI)
Get npm and PyPI package metadata - version, license, repo, keywords, and npm download counts. Search by keyword or look up exact names. No API key needed.
Developer & Research ToolsarXiv Scraper
Search arXiv and get clean JSON: titles, abstracts, authors, categories, DOI, dates and PDF links. No API key. Sort by relevance or date; push to Notion.
Developer & Research ToolsOpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper
Search 250M+ OpenAlex papers by keyword. Get titles, authors, venue, year, citations, concepts, OA links and full abstracts as structured JSON. No API key.
Developer & Research ToolsCrossref Scholarly Works Scraper
Search 150M+ scholarly works on Crossref and export DOI, authors, journal, citation count, and abstracts as JSON or CSV. Filter by type and date.
Developer & Research ToolsWikipedia Scraper
Search Wikipedia by keyword or fetch clean page data (plain text, thumbnail, categories, URL) by title. No API key, no anti-bot. Up to 50 titles per batch.
Developer & Research ToolsInternet Archive Scraper
Search archive.org by keyword and export clean items (title, creator, year, downloads, item URL). Filter by media type, sort by popularity or date.
Developer & Research ToolsHacker News Scraper
Search Hacker News stories, Show HN, Ask HN, comments, or the front page by keyword and get clean JSON with points, author and comment links.
Developer & Research ToolsResearch MCP Server — 10 Tools for AI Agents
One MCP server URL gives Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT 10 research tools: arXiv, Reddit, GitHub, HN, OpenAlex, Wikipedia, CoinGecko, GDELT and more.