Tools: Open Source I Scraped 25,000 AI Tools: Are The Top 5 Trends

The "Gold Rush" of AI is far from over, but it is changing shape.

Over the last year, I've been curating, scraping, and verifying one of the largest datasets of AI applications on the web. The goal was to build a comprehensive directory, AIToolBuzz.com, to help developers and businesses actually find what they need amidst the noise.

After processing over 25,000+ tools, the data started to tell a story. It wasn't just "more AI"—specific categories are exploding while others are dying off.

Here are the Top 5 Trends I discovered from analyzing the database.

In early 2024, about 40% of new submissions were simple "GPT Wrappers"—basic UI skins over OpenAI's API.

By late 2025, that number dropped significantly. The new wave of tools isn't just generating text or images; they are autonomous agents.

We are seeing a massive spike in tools tagged with autonomous, agent, and workflow automation on AIToolBuzz.

For a long time, "Marketing Copywriting" was the #1 category by volume. It was the low-hanging fruit.

However, in the last 6 months, Developer Tools have surged to take the top spot. It's not just code completion anymore. We are seeing:

Developers are building tools for developers at a faster rate than any other vertical.

Source: Dev.to