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24 alternatives to #developers

The global developers community, on Slack

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. #developers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   #Startup Chat▲357

   The global startup community, on Slack

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   #Freelance▲37

   Community of freelancers on Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Let's Chat▲321

   Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tech Threads▲80

   Developer T-Shirts

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

   2021 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Slack for Mobile 2.0▲310

   Rebuilt from the ground up

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Codecrap▲93

   Where developers go to laugh and cry

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CodeGophers▲293

   Your personal army of programmers

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   HackerX▲83

   Hacker and Maker community on Slack

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Slack▲93

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The New Twitter Developers▲232

    An entirely new experience for docs and developer resources

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13SA
    #Startup – A global startup community, on Slack▲56

    2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GitHub Desktop▲252

    The New Native

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SlackDigest▲106

    Daily digest for Slack channels

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Frontends▲93

    A community for front-end developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Slack Overflow▲230

    A programmer's best friend, now in Slack.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HackerBracket▲219

    A community for sharing hacks

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    #Clicky for Slack▲121

    Post links to Slack with a single click

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    #FrontendDevelopers▲8

    A Slack powered community for creative developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Slack▲31

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Slack Developer Hangout▲5

    Discuss new Slack integrations with other devs

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Slack▲128

    A platform for team communication

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Swift Devs▲101

    A community for developers and students of Swift

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →