After months of nominations, enthusiastic voting, and community buzz, the Startups of The Year 2024 results are in. With over 150,000 startups in the spotlight and 4 million+ votes cast, this year’s celebration of innovation has been our biggest yet — and the Programming category was buzzing with brilliance.
As tech stacks evolve and software demands grow, startups are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible — from low-code/no-code platforms and collaborative dev tools to performance optimization, code security, and AI-assisted programming. These startups aren’t just writing code — they’re rewriting the rules of software development.
So let’s dive into the top Programming startups of 2024 who are building the future, one line of code at a time.
🏆 Key Stats
Let’s start out with some general stats for all of you technical folks.
- Total Startups Participated: 77,899
- Sub Industries Represented: 10
- Total Votes Gathered: 822,000
- Winning Startups: 10
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To explore winning top startups in other industries or cities, head over to startups.hackernoon.com and use the search bar — the name at the top of each list is the winner.
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You may also check out the full list of nominated startups in the Programming Industry HERE.
- Stay tuned for our Startups of The Year Winner Announcement Series, where we’ll be highlighting the top startups across various regions and industries.
…and now, we present to you all the 2024 Startups of The Year winners for Programming!
It Services (581.3k total votes, 26.7k startups)
WINNER: Sprinto
Honorable Mentions:
Saas (129k total votes, 10.2k startups)
WINNER: Forescribe
Honorable Mentions:
Software Development (57.8k total votes, 17.4k startups)
WINNER: Lightrun
Honorable Mentions:
- avilo
- Forescribe
- Pieces for Developers
- Make Time Count Today
- Tee Htwin
- Foxsense Innovations
- Spectatr
Web Development (36.4k total votes, 19.4k startups)
WINNER: Make Time Count Today
Honorable Mentions:
Developer Tools (11.6k total votes, 606 startups)
WINNER: Torram
Honorable Mentions:
Opensource (1.5k total votes, 315 startups)
WINNER: Arize Phoenix
Honorable Mentions:
Mobile-App-Development (1.1k total votes, 515 startups)
WINNER: Hailr
Honorable Mentions:
Software Monetization (923 total votes, 768 startups)
WINNER: Cosmonova Broadcast
Honorable Mentions:
- Q-Block Computing Inc.
- Fbrand Web Hosting
- Wayru Network
- GigXDigital,Inc.
- KMER OUTSOURCING INC
- Berty Technologies
- NEOVIGIE INC
Devops (509 total votes, 491 startups)
WINNER: Pulumi
Honorable Mentions:
Operating System (457 total votes, 204 startups)
WINNER: Lumafield
Honorable Mentions:
Congratulations to you all! We will contact you with details on how to claim your winnings!
About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year
Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries participated in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many storieshave been written about these daring and rising startups.
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