Awesome Community
A curated list of awesome programming, development and similar technical support
or discussion channels, groups, communities, resources and other shiny things.
Inspired by the awesome-*
trend on GitHub.
Index
By website
Some important websites where cool developers hang out and give back to the community.
- Hacker News - Latest and in-depth technical news about hacking, technology, security, cyber, vulnerabilities, privacy and similar technical discussions.
- Hashnode - Hashnode is one of the fastest-growing networks of software developers with more than 500K+ monthly active developers from 180+ countries worldwide. Hashnode is empowering developers to tell their stories and help them grow in their career.
- Meetup - Find Meetups and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
- Quora - Quora is a question-and-answer website where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community.
- Reddit - Reddit is an entertainment, social networking, and news website with lots of forums for developers.
- Sitepoint Forums - Sitepoint community forums for developers.
- Slack - Platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable and available.
- Stack Overflow - A language-independent collaboratively edited question and answer site for programmers
- Changelog Developer Community - Changelog is news and podcasts for developers. Join the community Slack for great discussions.
- Webwide - Webwide is an old-school forum for new-school web developers & designers.
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By language
Communities organized by programming/scripting/markup language interest.
Assembly
Assembly programming language related community.
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AutoHotKey
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AutoIt
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C
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C++
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Clojure
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Coldfusion
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Common Lisp
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Crystal
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D
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Dart
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Delphi
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Elixir
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Elm
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Erlang
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- Quora - topic on Quora
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Fortran
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Go
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Groovy
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Haskell
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JavaScript
- Stack Overflow - Ask and answer questions about JavaScript
- Reddit - JavaScript discussions on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active group on Facebook
- Linked.in - large and active group on Linked.in
- Quora - JavaScript topics on Quora
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
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AngularJS
Dojo Toolkit
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jQuery
- Stack Overflow - Support on Stack Overflow
- Forum - Official forum
- Freenode - Support IRC channel for users of jQuery, jQuery UI, and jQuery Mobile
- Facebook - Large and active group on Facebook
- Linked.in - Large and active group on Linked.in
- Reddit - Discussion and sharing news, articles, plugins and tutorials, covering jQuery Core, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, and other related projects
- Quora - Ask and answer questions on Quora website
- Meetup - Get involved locally
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React
- Stack Overflow - Support on Stack Overflow
- Freenode - Large and active IRC channel
- Facebook - Large and active group on Facebook
- Linked.in - Large and active group on Linked.in
- Reddit - discussion on Reddit
- Quora - Ask and answer questions on Quora website
- Meetup - Get involved locally
Julia
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- Quora - topic on Quora
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Lua
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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OCaml
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Perl
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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PHP
PHP dynamic scripting language related community.
- Stack Overflow - PHP support on StackOverflow
- Reddit - Ask and answer questions, discussion
- Facebook - large and active group on Facebook
- Quora - ask and answer questions on Quora
- Freenode:
- #php - active support IRC channel for PHP users
- #phpc - active community IRC channel for PHP users
- #phpfig - active community IRC channel for Framework Interop Group
- php.ug - map of local PHP user groups
- Linked.in - discussion group on Linked.in for PHP developers
- PHP Classes - PHP specialists forum
- PHP Chat - A community of PHP Programmers from around the world, on Slack.
- PHP Social - PHP Community on Mastodon
- Slack Workspaces:
- PHP-UG - An international meeting-point for the PHP-Community.
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CakePHP
Community organized by CakePHP framework interes.
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Laravel
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Symfony
- Stack Overflow - Symfony support on StackOverflow
- Reddit - Ask and answer questions, discussion
- Facebook - notable, large and active Facebook groups:
- Freenode - Active IRC channel for Symfony support
- Linked.in - large and active group on Linked.in
- Quora - Symfony topics on Quora
- SensioLabs Connect - Developer social network, earn achievements for your community involvement and commitment.
- Slack - Symfony group on Slack, platform for team communication.
- Twitter - Keep up with Symfony news in a twitter-like way.
- Local:
- Community events - Find Symfony events near you.
- Meetup - Get involved locally and find Symfony users from your local area.
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Zend Framework
- Stack Overflow - Support on StackOverflow
- Reddit - Ask and answer questions, discussion
- Facebook - Large and active group on Facebook
- IRC - Active IRC channel
- Linked.in - Large and active group on Linked.in
- Quora - Zend Framework topics on Quora
- User Groups - Zend Framework usergroups
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PureScript
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Python
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R
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Ruby
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Ruby on Rails
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Rust
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
- Slack Workspaces:
- Gitter communities:
- rust - Official room for rust lang.
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Scala
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Swift
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TypeScript
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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By platform
Communities organized by platform interest
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Android
Community organized by Android platform interest
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Cordova
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Electron
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Frontend development
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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Hybrid apps
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- [Quora]() - topic on Quora
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iOS
- Stack Overflow - support on Stack Overflow
- Reddit - discussion forum on Reddit
- Facebook - large and active Facebook group
- [Linked.in]() - large and active group on Linked.in
- Freenode - large and active IRC channel
- Quora - topic on Quora
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Linux
- Stack Overflow - Linux support on StackOverflow
- Reddit - Discussion forum with links to support forums
- Facebook - large and active group on Facebook
- Freenode - Active support IRC channel users
- Linked.in - large and active discussion group on Linked.in
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Node.js
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React Native
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Xamarin
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watchOS
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Miscellaneous Communities
Notable groups, communities and clubs of miscellaneous context types.
- webapp Developers Community - A community curated for YC startup/other startup developers, ranging from Jr. Devs to CTOs.
- OpenSourceDesign.net - A community of designers and developers pushing more open design processes and improving the user experience and interface design of open source software.
- IT Pro Community - Connect and network with IT practitioners, decision-makers and C-level IT professionals
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Resources
Some learning material for building community and what members and leaders of the best communities read and adopt.
Articles
Awesome articles and blog posts about community, user groups, community management etc.
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Books
In-depth reading material about community.
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Miscellaneous Resources
Various types of resources - guides, videos and similar best practices.
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Contributing and License
You are most welcome to contribute to this Awesome Community
list as well. Big thanks to all current
contributors
who have helped build this Awesome Community list.
To the extent possible under law, Peter Kokot has
waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.
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