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  1. Windows Terminal

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A modern tabbed terminal for Windows

    Open source 90 Windows
  2. DBeaver Community

    DBeaver Corp

    87

    Universal database tool

    Open source 89 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  3. Notepad++

    Notepad++ Team

    87

    Lightweight text and code editor for Windows

    Open source 88 Windows
  4. Git

    Git for Windows Project

    87

    The leading version-control system

    Open source 86 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  5. Docker Desktop

    Docker Inc.

    87

    Run containers on your machine

    Free + paid plans 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  6. Visual Studio Code

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The code editor most developers use

    Free 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  7. .NET SDK

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Developer platform

    Free 77 macOS
  8. AzCopy v10

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    AzCopy v10 is a command-line utility that you can use to copy data to and from containers and file shares in Azure Storage accounts.

    Open source 77 Windows
  9. Azure CLI

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Microsoft Azure CLI 2.0

    Open source 77 macOS
  10. Bicep CLI

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources

    Open source 77 Windows
  11. Docker Compose

    Docker Inc.

    87

    docker-compose plugin for docker cli

    Open source 77 Windows
  12. KDiff3

    KDE e.V.

    87

    Diff/Patch Frontend

    Open source 77 Windows
  13. Microsoft Azure Kubelogin

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A Kubernetes credential (exec) plugin implementing Azure authentication.

    Open source 77 Windows
  14. Microsoft Azure Service Fabric SDK

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    To build and run Azure Service Fabric applications on your Windows development machine, install the Service Fabric runtime, SDK, and tools.

    Open source 77 Windows
  15. Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator is a tool that emulates the Azure Blob, Queue, and Table services for local development purposes.

    Free 77 Windows
  16. Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Explorer for Azure Storage

    Open source 77 macOS
  17. Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a stand-alone data access application programming interface (API), used for OLE Database.

    Free 77 Windows
  18. Microsoft SqlPackage

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates the database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs.

    Free 77 Windows
  19. Microsoft Web Deploy

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Web Deploy (msdeploy) simplifies deployment of Web applications and Web sites to IIS servers

    Free 77 Windows
  20. Microsoft Web Platform Installer

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A little tool for deploying your favorite open-source web applications and all the necessary platform components required to get you up and running quickly and seamlessly.

    Free 77 Windows
  21. NuGet

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    The package manager for .NET

    Open source 77 Windows
  22. PerfView

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    PerfView is a CPU and memory performance-analysis tool.

    Open source 77 Windows
  23. PowerShell

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework. PowerShell runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

    Open source 77 Windows
  24. psqlodbc

    PostgreSQL Global Development Group

    87

    The official PostgreSQL ODBC Driver

    Open source 77 Windows
  25. Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2022

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2022 enables app deployment, remote debugging, remote testing, performance profiling, and unit testing on computers that do not have Visual Studio installed.

    Free 77 Windows
  26. sqlcl

    Oracle Corporation

    87

    Oracle SQLcl is the modern command-line interface for the Oracle Database

    Free 77 macOS
  27. Visual Studio BuildTools 2019

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    These Build Tools allow you to build Visual Studio projects from a command-line interface.

    Free 77 Windows
  28. Azure Developer CLI

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A developer CLI that accelerates the time it takes for you to get started on Azure.

    Open source 75 Windows
  29. Visual Studio BuildTools 2017

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    An integrated, end-to-end solution for developers looking for high productivity and seamless coordination across teams of any size.

    Free 70 Windows
  30. Google Cloud SDK

    Google LLC

    87

    Create and manage Google Cloud resources via a command line tool.

    Open source 60 Windows
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