What are devops communities?

Communities for DevOps engineers and platform teams covering CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and site reliability. Discord and Slack host active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from tool comparisons and troubleshooting to career paths and on-call culture.

Where do most devops communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (41% of 17 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical devops community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 188K members and the median is 8K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (65%). Others that show up often include live chat, job board, and online/offline events.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's DevOps topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

DevOps Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 17 devops communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: devops communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 17
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 188K
Median members: 8K

Where DevOps Communities Are Hosted

Slack
7(41%)
Discord
3(18%)
Reddit
3(18%)
Independent Platforms
3(18%)
Facebook
2(12%)

Format mix

Chat communities
9(53%)
Forum / feed-based
8(47%)

Chat communities is most common (53%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (47%).

Slack leads, but Discord and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
4(24%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(18%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(18%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
2(12%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(6%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (188K vs 8K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How DevOps Differs From Other Categories

DevOps is more free-to-join, smaller, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	DevOps	Hive Index average
Free to join	94%	84%
Median members	8K	25K
Average members	188K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	6%	16%
Live chat	59%	41%
Discord share	18%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
65%
Live Chat
59%
Job Board
29%
Online/Offline Events
29%

Niche Features

Courses
12%
Newsletter
12%
Member Perks
6%
Paid Community
6%
Pairing
6%
Tools
6%

Live Chat appears on 59% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 90

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	7	41%	69	77%
Discord	3	18%	15	17%
Reddit	3	18%	3	3%
Facebook	2	12%	3	3%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 41% of listings and 77% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
84(93%)
Forum / feed-based
6(7%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
87(97%)
Job Board
74(82%)
Online/Offline Events
67(74%)
Forum
24(27%)
Courses
13(14%)
Pairing
13(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
47(52%)
Medium
15(17%)
Large
13(14%)
Gigantic
3(3%)

Top-clicked listings

DevOps Chat
33(37%)
DevEx
13(14%)
KodeKloud
11(12%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

2008

2012

2014

2021

2022

2023

10 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2014.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as DevOps. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.

FAQ

: Communities for DevOps engineers and platform teams covering CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and site reliability. Discord and Slack host active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from tool comparisons and troubleshooting to career paths and on-call culture.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (41% of 17 listings).
: 94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 188K members and the median is 8K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (65%). Others that show up often include live chat, job board, and online/offline events.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's DevOps topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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