Designing the hf CLI as an agent-optimized way to work with the Hub
Command-line tool for agent-optimized interaction with Hugging Face Hub.
Back to Tools
Developer & API Tools AI Tools
AI APIs, developer platforms, and infrastructure tools
106 tools available
Want an AI assistant inside your editor instead? Browse AI Coding Tools.
About This Category
Developer and API tools integrate AI capabilities into your development workflow, APIs, and infrastructure. These tools are used by software engineers, DevOps teams, and technical architects to accelerate coding, automate deployments, and build AI-powered applications. They solve problems like reducing boilerplate code, managing complex integrations, and speeding up the development lifecycle.
Who Uses These Tools
Full-stack engineers building faster
Full-stack developers use AI coding assistants to generate boilerplate, write tests, and prototype features end-to-end, cutting development time significantly.
Data engineers managing pipelines
Data engineers leverage these tools to automate data pipeline construction, manage API integrations, and reduce manual scripting for ETL workflows.
DevOps teams automating deployments
DevOps and platform engineers use infrastructure tools and APIs to automate deployment configurations, monitoring setup, and environment provisioning.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Choose
Evaluate pricing structure
Check whether the tool charges per API call, per seat, per month, or offers free tiers. Compare costs against your expected usage volume and team size to ensure it fits your budget.
Assess ease of integration
Look for tools with clear documentation, SDK support for your primary languages, and pre-built connectors to your existing tech stack. Test whether onboarding takes hours or days.
Check ecosystem compatibility
Verify that the tool works seamlessly with your version control, CI/CD pipeline, cloud provider, and other development platforms you currently use.
Test code generation quality
For coding-focused tools, run sample tasks in your language or framework to evaluate accuracy, security of generated code, and whether it requires significant refactoring.
Grok-2 API
Real-time language model API with current information access
Stability AI Image Generation API
API access to Stable Diffusion image generation models
Iteration Layer
Composable content processing APIs for document and image handling
Native-speed vLLM transformers modeling backend
Fast LLM inference backend integrating vLLM with Hugging Face transformers.
Artificial Analysis
Compare AI models by performance, cost, and speed benchmarks.
Portkey OpenAI Downtime Monitor
Monitor uptime and latency across multiple LLM API providers.
LangChain (LangSmith)
Debug, test, and monitor LLM applications in production.
Fal.ai
Serverless API platform for running AI models without infrastructure.
Anthropic Tokens Counter
Count and optimize tokens for Claude API calls.
Browse Tools
Developer & API ToolsVerified Jul
Command-line tool for agent-optimized interaction with Hugging Face Hub.
NewVerified
open-sourceFree Tier
Developer & API Tools
Real-time language model API with current information access
NewVerified
paid
Developer & API Tools
API access to Stable Diffusion image generation models
NewVerified
freemiumFree Tier
Developer & API Tools
Composable content processing APIs for document and image handling
New
paid
Developer & API ToolsVerified Jul
Fast LLM inference backend integrating vLLM with Hugging Face transformers.
NewVerified
open-sourceFree Tier
Developer & API ToolsVerified Jul
Compare AI models by performance, cost, and speed benchmarks.
NewVerified
freeFree Tier
Developer & API Tools
Monitor uptime and latency across multiple LLM API providers.
NewVerified
freeFree Tier
Developer & API ToolsVerified Jul
Debug, test, and monitor LLM applications in production.
NewVerified
freemiumFree Tier
Developer & API Tools
Serverless API platform for running AI models without infrastructure.
NewVerified
freemiumFree Tier
Developer & API Tools
Count and optimize tokens for Claude API calls.
NewVerified
freeFree Tier