What are Software Development 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 It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle when you’re new to the industry — your skills are too outdated to help you land a job, but they’re not modern enough to help you keep one.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 list of communities is 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.
About Online Communities on Discord
Discord is an American VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform designed for creating communities. Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called "servers". Discord originally became popular in the gaming communities, but now has spread to software developers, crypto, and beyond.
Programmer's Hangout
If you've wrote 10 lines of code or if you have been writing code for 10 years, you're welcome here. The Programmer's Hangout (TPH) Welcomes all levels and is a great place to get a solid footing in programming.108K members
ChatThe Coding Den
93K members
ChatNextJS
Next.js gives you the best developer experience with all the features you need for production: hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, route pre-fetching, and more. No config needed. The Next.js Discord community enables developers to chat about Next.js, ask questions, show off their projects, and find Next.js jobs32K members
ChatJobsC# Discord
27K members
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BuildSpace
Start building the future of the internet. If you're a dev that's curious about web3 but not sure where to start -- this is the spot for you. Learn + start building cool stuff right now, earn NFTs, access secret work opportunities in crypto.20K members
ChatJobsSalesforce Exchange Discord
Discord server centered around Salesforce & building on top of the salesforce platform.8K members
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Work With Indies
Work With Indies is a job board and inclusive community supporting careers working for and with indie developers. We're creating a safe and central place for 1. people to find cool jobs in indie games and 2. for indie studios to find talent specifically interested in indie games, away from the crowded AAA job sites.7K members
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DevOps, SRE, & Infrastructure (DSI)
DevOps, SRE, & Infrastructure, DSI, is an online community that includes anyone with a shared technical interest. The people who make up this community share a wide range of technical-related knowledge and experience in networking, databases, IT, software, security, programming, DevOps, site reliability engineering, infrastructure, systems administration, and much more. We have people here who are freelancers, entrepreneurs, and those who are employed at small companies to large companies such as Google, Facebook, Hashicorp, and Uber. We like to think that the people who work in these roles "keep the lights on". With a community, we are able to share the knowledge with others who have a desire to learn about their specific technical interests or even wanting that next fix to the project they are working on. If you have a passion for technology, this is the place to be. At DSI, our goal is to be the place with a wide range of technical-related topics and to share them with the world. Rather than just learning something and keeping it to yourself, DSI is the place to not only share it but to learn it. We strive to make people successful and to live their dream. We do that by providing information.6K members
ChatEventsJobsReplit
Replit gives you computing superpowers. Write and run code directly in your browser. Everything is hosted automatically. It comes with built-in environments for many languages and frameworks, including Kaboom.js, p5.js, Phaser, etc. Check out our forums and our discord for more.6K members
ForumChatPerksHashnode
A blogging platform built for developers by developers. Blog on personal domain, share ideas, and connect with the global dev community!5K members
ChatJobsWorld of Coding
World of Coding is one of the biggest coding help servers over discord (Top 10) with 5.2k members in just over a year. We are growing very fast (With new updates/improvements monthly). We are always looking for more ways to get our server out there and offer help to even more developers! We offer help with Tech/Coding + offer channels to search for Freelancers/Devs! (And channels to post your projects)!5K members
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.Developers
We are .developers, a discord community formed mainly around programming with the purpose of bringing like-minded people together. Before you decide if we are your cup of tea, let me tell you a little bit about us: We had 4 meetings in different parts of Europe since the server had launched almost 4 years ago! We mostly hang out in #general chat, where we talk about life, its good and bad aspects. Some of us have been here for so long we know a little bit too much about each other! We have dedicated channels for the most used programming languages where you can bring your code and we can discuss, debug or improve it! If you are a newcomer to the field and need some help, or someone with experience looking to meet like-minded people and discuss tech, why not give it a try!3K members
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Creative Brew
An artistically diverse community of creators that support, collaborate, inspire, and push each other. We regularly host creative events and activities on discord.2K members
ChatEventsNewsletterJobsSolidity Discord
Discord server dedicated to the Solidity programming language2K members
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All Things YC
The community is all about startups and founding startups. It originated from Y-Combinator's startupschool community to be more broad based. The community is relatively open for members to host their own pitch events, MVP demos, hackathons, co-working sessions, information exchange sessions etc.1K members
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Qvault
A place to collaborate about software development and computer science914 members
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Makers
A community of makers including software developers, marketers, designers and entrepreneurs coming together to share ideas and to build!685 members
ChatPairingJobsChronic Coders
We're a community focused on education through application. We bring together people with an interest in Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Frontend Development, UX Design and build projects together in teams focused on shipping our products in short periods of time.681 members
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Dev Resources
The community for developers that are always looking for new resources.260 members
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BuildFaast
BuildFaast's goal is to help web developers learn together. Compared to other coding classes, our free cohort-style courses make programming fun and easy to learn in groups. We also host weekly challenges and other activities in our Discord community.210 members
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