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Nx

nx.dev

quicktype

quicktype.io

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FigureNxquicktype
Price from$29/mo$19/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published33
Spec score · Code Generators8.4 (#7)8.8 (#4)
What it doesNx is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, with plugins that extend it to any language.quicktype infers types from JSON and generates models, serializers, and validators in more than 25 languages.

Plans

Nx

  • HobbyFree
  • Team$29 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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quicktype

  • FREEFree
  • 1 target language$19 a month
  • 2 target languages$129 a month

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In their own words

Nx

Nx is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, with plugins that can extend its work to other languages. It builds project and task graphs, follows task dependencies, and runs work in parallel where possible. Nx Core provides local caching; Nx Cloud adds a remote cache shared by teams and CI, and can distribute tasks across Nx Agents according to CPU and memory use. Plugins can infer tasks, generate or alter code, update dependencies, and provide executors. Documented integrations include Angular, React, Vue, Node.js, Java, .NET, Vite, Webpack, Rspack, Jest, Cypress, and Playwright. Nx also provides CI workflow setup for GitHub, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, and Bitbucket Pipelines. Nx Cloud describes trusted-branch cache writes, artifact traceability, and invalidation of artifacts made with revoked tokens. API communications are encrypted in transit, and task artifacts can be encrypted end to end before remote caching. Hobby is free forever, with monthly credits, contributor and CI-connection limits; Team is $29/month, with additional listed charges for usage, contributors, and connections.

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quicktype

quicktype infers types from structured data and generates models, serializers and validators in more than 25 languages. Inputs include sample JSON, API URLs, JSON Schema, TypeScript and GraphQL queries. It can infer nullability, optional fields, numeric types, dates, UUIDs, enums, unions, maps and nested type names, then generate code to read, write and validate data. The browser app lets users paste JSON and produce code; the project says it works offline and does not send sample data over the Internet. The CLI can process files, URLs, directories of samples or standard input, including in build pipelines, CI jobs and git hooks. A hosted MCP endpoint connects quicktype to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or other MCP clients without an API key. The project is open source under Apache-2.0, and its web app and CLI are free. The CLI and Node.js packages require Node.js 20 or newer. Platforms listed include web, Linux, macOS, Windows and API. The project directs users to a Slack community for help and discussion. It describes generated types as a way for teams to build API clients, catch API changes and give IDEs and AI agents a typed model of data.

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