For the second edition of the Learn Cocos2D book I compiled an alphabetically sorted list of tools that developers can use for cocos2d projects. Please let me know if there’s a tool missing from this list or if there’s one that won’t work anymore and hasn’t been updated in months.
The following tools can be used for development with cocos2d:
Bitmap Font Tools
BMFont (Windows)
Fonteditor
Glyph Designer
bmGlyph
Hiero
LabelAtlasCreator
Particle Editing Tools
ParticleCreator
Particle Designer
Physics Editing Tools
Mekanimo
PhysicsBench
PhysicsEditor
VertexHelper
Scene Editing Tools
CocosBuilder
Cocoshop
LevelHelper
Texture Atlas Tools
DarkFunction Editor
SpriteHelper
TexturePacker
Zwoptex