GitHub abounds with open source tools aimed at helping you build software faster. Devs find these seven among the best GitHub’s 7 most popular productivity tools for programmersBorn of ingenuity — or, in some cases, laziness — programming tools created by developers for developers have become an essential component of modern software development. Developers seeking to enhance their productivity or simply cut down on keystrokes have enjoyed a boon of possibilities thanks to open source repo host GitHub.Along with projects for purposes ranging from security to mobile development and browser extensions, GitHub features productivity tools for developers, aimed at helping them build software faster and with “fewer headaches.”Here are seven developer tools currently atop GitHub’s productivity tools showcase, based on the number of stars received by GitHub users.[ Get the most out of collaborative programming with InfoWorld’s 20 essential pointers for Git and GitHub. | Keep up with hot topics in programming with InfoWorld’s Application Development newsletter. ] Software DevelopmentDevelopment ToolsOpen SourceVersion Control Systems