Software Development Communities
About this List of Online Communities
The software development industry is an ever-changing beast. Every year new programming languages emerge, new technologies hit the market, and existing languages and technologies are either left behind or completely re-imagined. It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle when you’re new to the industry — your skills are too outdated to help you land a job, but they’re not modern enough to help you keep one. Software developers are always looking to learn more about their craft, but they don’t always know where to look. This is a list of communities dedicated to engineers, software developers, coders, and hackers. Some are online communities dedicated to a particular technology or programming language, and some are general purpose communities or those that help developers early in their career. The communities on this list are an excellent source of inspiration, knowledge-sharing, and networking.
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Code Project
1999
Established
14.7M
Members
Features
Stack Overflow
2008
Established
10.0M
Members
Features
Hacker News
5.0M
Members
Features
r/programming
on reddit
2006
Established
3.0M
Members
Features
r/learnprogramming
on reddit
2009
Established
1.8M
Members
Features
r/hacking
on reddit
2008
Established
1.5M
Members
Features
r/javascript
on reddit
2013
Established
1.3M
Members
Features
r/compsci
on reddit
2008
Established
1.2M
Members
Features
r/webdev
on reddit
2009
Established
624K
Members
Features
r/linux
on reddit
2008
Established
600K
Members
Features
r/ProgrammingLanguages
on reddit
2008
Established
531K
Members
Features
Bytes
2008
Established
464K
Members
Features
r/homelab
on reddit
2012
Established
365K
Members
Features
r/coding
on reddit
2009
Established
259K
Members
Features
Women who Code
230K
Members
Features
r/reactjs
on reddit
2013
Established
228K
Members
Features
r/dailyprogrammer
on reddit
2012
Established
214K
Members
Features
r/node
on reddit
2009
Established
177K
Members
Features
r/aws
on reddit
2008
Established
150K
Members
Features
r/rust
on reddit
2010
Established
120K
Members
Features
r/selfhosted
on reddit
2014
Established
102K
Members
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devRant
2016
Established
50K
Members
Features
r/emacs
on reddit
2008
Established
47K
Members
Features
The Coding Den
on discord
46K
Members
Features
freeCodeCamp
40K
Members
Features
r/scala
on reddit
2008
Established
37K
Members
Features
r/salesforce
on reddit
31K
Members
Features
r/lisp
on reddit
2008
Established
30K
Members
Features
iOS Developers
on slack
30K
Members
Features
DevOps Chat
on slack
19K
Members
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Changelog
on slack
19K
Members
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Programmer's Hangout
on discord
18K
Members
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C# Discord
on discord
18K
Members
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Django Girls
on facebook
17K
Members
Features
Lobsters
2012
Established
14K
Members
Features
Scotch.io Slack
on slack
12K
Members
Features
World of Coding
on discord
2020
Established
5K
Members
Features
DevCord
on discord
5K
Members
Features
Salesforce Exchange Discord
on discord
5K
Members
Features
Android United
on slack
3K
Members
Features
DevOps, SRE, & Infrastructure (DSI)
on discord
2K
Members
Features
Code Newbie
on slack
2K
Members
Features
Chronic Coders
on discord
2021
Established
620
Members
Features
United Designers
on slack
400
Members
Features
Blogging for Devs
2020
Established
250
Members
Features
Qvault
on discord
150
Members
Features
Oat++ Framework
100
Members
Features
#go
on slack
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#php
on slack
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#nodejs
on slack
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#python
on slack
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#ruby
on slack
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UX Guide
on slack
2016
Established
Features
Web Development
on discord
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Women in Technology
on slack
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Treehouse
Features
Learningin.tech
on discord
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Girls Who Code
on discord
2020
Established
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Freenode
1998
Established
Features
DALnet
1994
Established
Features
Bootstrapped FM
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Daily Dev Links
on slack
2020
Established
Features
XDA
Features
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