6 paid Open Source Software communities
Updated 11/30/2023
Appwrite
on discord
Appwrite is a backend platform for developing Web, Mobile, and Flutter applications. Built with the open source community and optimized for developer experience in the coding languages you love. Appwrite's open-source platform lets you add Auth, DBs, Functions and Storage to your product and build any application at any scale, own your data, and use your preferred coding languages and tools.25K members
ForumChatPaid12 views / month

Open Compute Project
Open Compute Project (OCP) aims to develop open hardware solutions for data centers. The OCP is an initiative made up of cheap, vanity-free servers, modular I/O storage for Open Rack (a rack standard designed for data centers to integrate the rack into the data center infrastructure) and a relatively “green” data center design.8K members
ForumPairingEventsPaid7 views / month

Harness Community
on slack
Harness is a self-service CI/CD platform that allows engineers and DevOps to build, test, deploy, and verify software, on-demand. As supporters of the open source community, we believe it is important to be clear when our software is free and open source, and when it isn’t. Join our virtual and in-person events; engage with our teams in our Community Forum and Slack workspace; follow our source code repos; and collaborate in the open with our engineers and product teams around new ideas and features.3K members
ForumChatEventsPaidCourses6 views / month

OpenPOWER Foundation
on slack
By open sourcing and developing on the POWER ISA - one of the most sophisticated processor architectures available - the OpenPOWER Foundation is democratizing access and extending the reach of the RISC-based architecture. With more than 1050 members collaborating regularly, the entire semiconductor industry - from global organizations with deep expertise to individual creators with a new lens - can innovate with choice and build and develop across the full Hardware and Software stack.1K members
ChatEventsPaid5 views / month

FOSS Post
on telegram
FOSS Post is a high-quality online magazine about Linux and open source software. This channel posts daily news from all over the web too.2K members
ChatNewsletterPaid7 views / month

Clickvote
on github
Clickvote is an open-source tool that effortlessly adds upvotes, likes, and reviews to any online content, enhancing user interaction and engagement in various contexts. Open-source is in the heart of Clickvote. We keep all the source code and work publicly available. Join our community driven project with over 3,000+ developers from around the world who contribute code and help building the modern notification infrastructure.ForumNewsletterPaid4 views / month
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Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (<20 members)
- Small: 0 communities (20-100 members)
- Medium: 0 communities (100-1,000 members)
- Large: 4 communities (1,000-10,000 members)
- Huge: 1 communities (10,000-100,000 members)
- Massive: 0 communities (100,000-1M members)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (1M+ members)
Community features
- 6Paid CommunityHas a paid membership or premium tier
- 4ForumThreaded discussions and forum-style posts
- 4Live ChatReal-time chat for members
- 3Online/Offline EventsHosts online or offline events
- 2NewsletterPublishes a member or topic newsletter
Community platforms
- Discord: 9 communities
- Github: 7 communities
- Slack: 4 communities
- Reddit: 3 communities
- Discourse: 1 communities
- Telegram: 1 communities