Best Developer & Research Tools
Looking for the best developer & research tools? Below are 13 ready-to-run tools you can launch in the cloud in a click — search GitHub, Stack Exchange, DEV.to, npm, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Wikipedia, Wikidata and Hacker News from code or an AI agent.
Prices start at $0.0002 per result ($0.2 per 1,000) — Wikidata Scraper. Every tool is pay-per-result: no subscription, no minimum.
Developer & Research ToolsGitHub Scraper
Search GitHub repos and users: stars, forks, language, topics, licence, plus user bio, company and followers. No token needed. $0.90 per 1,000 rows.
Developer & Research ToolsStack Overflow / Stack Exchange Scraper
Search Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange by keyword or tag. Score, answer count, views, reputation and body text. $2 per 1,000 questions.
Developer & Research ToolsPackage Registry Scraper (npm + PyPI)
Get npm and PyPI package metadata as JSON. Version, license, author, repo, keywords and npm monthly downloads. $2 per 1,000 packages.
Developer & Research ToolsarXiv Scraper
Search arXiv papers by title, author, abstract or category. Get full abstracts, authors, categories, DOI, dates and PDF links. $2 per 1,000 papers.
Developer & Research ToolsOpenAlex Scholarly Works Scraper
Search 250M+ OpenAlex papers with no API key. Get titles, authors, venue, year, citations, DOI, OA links and full abstracts. $2.00 per 1,000 papers.
Developer & Research ToolsCrossref Scholarly Works Scraper
Search 150M+ papers on Crossref: DOI, title, authors, journal, publisher, date, citations and abstract. No API key. $1.00 per 1,000 works.
Developer & Research ToolsWikipedia Scraper
Search Wikipedia by keyword or by exact title. Get the intro text, the full article, thumbnails and categories. Any language. $1.00 per 1,000 pages.
Developer & Research ToolsInternet Archive Scraper
Search Internet Archive (archive.org) for books, audio, film and web items. Title, creator, year, downloads, subjects and URL. $2.00 per 1,000 items.
Developer & Research ToolsHacker News Scraper
Search HN stories, Show HN, Ask HN and comments, or pull the front page. Get points, author, comment counts and links. $1 per 1,000 items.
Developer & Research ToolsResearch MCP Server — 15 Tools for AI Agents
One MCP endpoint gives your AI agent fifteen live research tools. Papers, code, news, SEC filings, packages and crypto prices.
Developer & Research ToolsDEV.to Scraper
Scrape DEV.to articles by tag, author or sort. Fields: title, URL, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, cover image, full body. $2.00 per 1,000 articles.
Developer & Research ToolsWikidata Scraper
Search Wikidata for people, companies, places, books or films. Get the ID, the name, other names, a description and the Wikipedia link. $0.20 per 1,000.
Developer & Research ToolsDomain Inspector
Check many domains at once. Get DNS, WHOIS registrar and expiry, TLS dates, redirects, security headers, robots and tech. $1.50 per 1,000.