Developer Tools: Q4 2025 vs Q3 2025

Period-over-period comparison of developer tools startup engineering acceleration. How has the sector's engineering momentum changed between Q3 2025 and Q4 2025?

Startups (Q4 2025)

Startups (Q3 2025)

Avg Velocity (now)

Velocity Trend

-74%

Top 5 by Period

Q4 2025

1.nocobase+67%

2.dotnet-13%

3.continuedev-39%

4.OpenAPITools-39%

Q3 2025

1.nocobase+152%

2.OpenAPITools+127%

3.dotnet+26%

4.continuedev-11%

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