What are vibe coding communities?

Communities for developers using AI tools like Cursor, Lovable, and Bolt.new to build apps faster. Discord is the primary hub with official servers for each tool, alongside Reddit communities and broader AI developer spaces for builders pushing the limits of AI-assisted development.

Where do most vibe coding communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (36% of 28 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical vibe coding community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 111K members and the median is 26K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (64%). Others that show up often include forum.

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 Vibe Coding topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Vibe Coding Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 28 vibe coding communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: vibe coding 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: 28
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 111K
Median members: 26K

Where Vibe Coding Communities Are Hosted

Discord
10(36%)
Skool
8(29%)
Reddit
4(14%)
Discourse
3(11%)
Github
2(7%)
Independent Platforms
1(4%)

Format mix

Chat communities
10(36%)
Forum / feed-based
8(29%)
Private membership
8(29%)
Other platforms
2(7%)

Chat communities is most common (36%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (29%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(4%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
10(36%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(18%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(4%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (111K vs 26K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Vibe Coding Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Vibe Coding	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	84%
Median members	26K	25K
Average members	111K	672K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	16%
Live chat	64%	41%
Discord share	36%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
64%
Forum
46%

Niche Features

Courses
7%
Online/Offline Events
4%

Live Chat appears on 64% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 62

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	10	36%	38	61%
Skool	8	29%	7	11%
Reddit	4	14%	16	26%
Discourse	3	11%	1	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 36% of listings and 61% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
38(61%)
Forum / feed-based
17(27%)
Private membership
7(11%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
45(73%)
Forum
22(35%)
Courses
2(3%)
Online/Offline Events
2(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
20(32%)
Massive
15(24%)
Huge
14(23%)
Gigantic
9(15%)
Small
1(2%)

Top-clicked listings

vibecoding Discord
16(26%)
r/ClaudeAI
9(15%)
Lovable Discord
7(11%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Vibe Coding. 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 developers using AI tools like Cursor, Lovable, and Bolt.new to build apps faster. Discord is the primary hub with official servers for each tool, alongside Reddit communities and broader AI developer spaces for builders pushing the limits of AI-assisted development.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (36% of 28 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 111K members and the median is 26K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (64%). Others that show up often include forum.
: 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 Vibe Coding topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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