About DevCrate

How it started

DevCrate is my first attempt at building a web product of this kind — a hosted, monetized developer utility site — though it's not my first time building for the web. Over the years I've handcrafted several personal sites from scratch, writing my own HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without leaning on frameworks. That experience gave me confidence in the craft, but DevCrate is a different challenge: a real product with a real audience, a free tier, a Pro tier, payments, and ongoing maintenance. I built it because I kept reaching for the same tools every day — a quick Base64 encoder, a JSON formatter, a cron expression builder — and I was tired of landing on bloated, ad-saturated sites to use them. So I built the version I actually wanted.

Where things stand

DevCrate currently offers 22 browser-based developer tools, all of which run entirely client-side — your data never leaves your machine. The free tier is genuinely free, no account required, no time limits, no watermarks. DevCrate Pro unlocks higher usage limits, export features, tool history, saved configurations, and the HMAC generator. The site is built with pure HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript — no frameworks, no build pipeline, no npm. It's hosted on Cloudflare Pages, payments are handled through Lemon Squeezy, and the whole thing is fast by default. Every tool, every line of copy, and every design decision has been made by one person.

Where it's going

The roadmap for DevCrate includes a growing library of tools, deeper Pro features, and a public API tier for developers who want to integrate DevCrate functionality into their own workflows. The goal has always been to build the most useful, most private, and most no-nonsense developer toolbox on the web — and to grow it sustainably as a solo project without compromising on quality or speed. If you have a tool you wish existed here, or feedback on one that already does, I want to hear it.