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24 alternatives to PythonistaCafe

A Peer-to-Peer Learning Community for Python Developers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PythonistaCafe launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Full Stack Python▲78

   Explains programming language concepts in plain language.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2CC
   Community-curated Python news▲14

   2016 · dailypy.com · its alternatives →

3. 3LA
   Laboratory, a Python port of GitHub's Scientist library for refactoring▲153

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4PA
   PyCloud, a Python IDE in the web browser with interactive tutorials▲130

   2011 · jitouch.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Linkversity▲44

   Onboard people to the codebase quickly

   2025 · linkversity.xyz · its alternatives →

6. 6SB
   SpaCy – Build tomorrow's language technology products with Python▲93

   2015 · spacy.io · its alternatives →

7. 7AP
   A platform for beginners to learn programming in Python▲159

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AN
   A news aggregator for the Python community written in Python/Django▲106

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Frankly▲101

   A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10TL
    TeachCraft – Learning Python Through Minecraft▲129

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pycoder's Weekly▲80

    Your weekly dose of all things Python!

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CodeShare.io▲94

    Realtime code sharing for developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13WA
    Wikifeat – a wiki/collaboration system made using Go and CouchDB▲23

    2015 · wikifeat.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CL
    Crowdsourced Language Learning Site▲54

    2018 · littlelingua.eu · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Python Test Podcast #15: Lean Software Development▲57

    Quick intro to the concepts of Lean Software Development.

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16CP
    CodeStruct – Python programming environment for novices after Scratch▲9

    2022 · code-struct.vercel.app · its alternatives →

17. 17PG
    PolyBrowser goes open source on GitHub. Let’s re-imagine web browsing▲47

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    PEP8 Speaks▲3

    A GitHub integration for Python code style

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19MW
    my weekend project, a "framework" for IRC apps/bots▲24

    This is a little project I've been working on for a while in order to better learn Python. Although IRC may not exactly be the most exciting medium, I still find it to be fun and useful, this interest lead me to writing a bot. In doing this I realized that what would actually be more interesting would be if I had a framework. There may already be such a thing, certainly there are IRC libraries, but I don't know if they're well-suited to deploying bots. At any rate if for no other reason than the fact that I am relatively new to programming and eager to learn I decided to build a framework.…

    2011 · its alternatives →

20. 20GP
    Gittle - Pythonic Git for Humans▲20

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21MF
    my first ever coding project (7bks.com)▲25

    Hey HN. I've just launched my very first webappp and would love your feedback. http://www.7bks.com It's a book list sharing website - kind of like playlists for bookworms. The site is built on pyton/appengine - and I learned to code in under 4 weeks to build the site. There's more details on the background of the site here: http://www.7bks.com/blog/179001 I've also published the full Python code for the site here: https://gist.github.com/670034 Feedback is really important to me and I want to work hard to make the site better so any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Contact…

    2010 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Python Crash Course▲5

    A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ivy▲6

    A static website generator built in Python

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24PA
    PEP8Speaks – A GitHub Bot to Monitor Python Style on Pull Requests▲7

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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