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.
GitHub Scraper
Search GitHub repos or users and export clean rows: stars, forks, language, topics, license, plus user bio, company, location and follower count.
Stack 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.
Package 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.
arXiv 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.
OpenAlex 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.
Crossref 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.
Wikipedia 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.
Internet 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.
Hacker 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.
Research 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.
DEV.to Scraper
Scrape DEV.to articles by tag, author or sort: title, URL, tags, reactions, comments, reading time, cover image and full body.
Wikidata Scraper
Resolve names or Q-ids to Wikidata entities for $0.20 per 1,000 plus $0.001 per run. Labels, aliases, instance-of, claims and Wikipedia links.
Domain Inspector
Bulk-inspect domains: DNS records, RDAP registrar and expiry, redirects, TLS dates, security headers, robots, sitemaps and tech detection.