Editorial policy
What we promise about how entries are selected, described, and paid for — and what we will not do even when it would be profitable.
Two kinds of entry, always labelled
Reviewed entries have a description written by a person, an install command or price taken from the vendor's own documentation, and a verification date. Listed entries are compiled from the npm registry: the package exists, declares an executable, and carries the relevant keyword. They are useful, they are not reviewed, and every page says so.
What money can buy
A labeled slot at the top of one category page, a verified badge, priority review of a submission, and a dashboard with the numbers. That is the list.
Money cannot buy position in organic lists, inclusion in a comparison, a place in a best-of page, a better review, or the removal of a competitor. If we ever broke that rule, the comparisons would become worthless and the comparisons are the reason to read this site.
How reviews are written
A review says what a tool is for and who it is wrong for. It is allowed to be negative; several entries in this directory end with a reason not to buy. We do not accept payment for reviews, and we do not allow vendors to approve copy before publication.
Verification and staleness
Reviewed entries carry a date. Anything older than thirty days is treated as approximate, and prices move without notice. When a listing fails a check — dead link, changed price, removed free tier — it is unpublished rather than left standing. Unpublished pages return a 404 or 410 so search engines drop them quickly.
Corrections
Email [email protected] with the URL and what is wrong. Corrections usually land within a week. Substantive corrections to a review are noted on the page rather than silently edited, because a silent edit makes the date meaningless.
Independence
This directory is not owned by, funded by, or affiliated with any tool it lists. There is no investment in the companies covered and no plan to add one.