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DEV Community
New York, NY, United States
What it is
DEV Community is a free community for software developers to collaborate and learn. Members publish articles, tutorials, and announcements, then comment, follow authors, and engage with other readers. The service offers web, Android, iOS, and API access, plus native mobile apps and direct messaging. Organizations can use branded profiles with multiple contributors, analytics, and custom calls to action. DEV runs on Forem, open-source software that people can inspect and contribute to, and Forem provides API documentation for programmatic access. Users can create accounts with Apple, GitHub, Twitter/X, or email. Posts must be substantial and on-topic, rather than primarily promotional or intended to create backlinks. The Free Forever plan is listed as free, with no detailed limits stated. DEV was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
For and against
For
- Free Forever plan listed as free
- Articles, tutorials, and announcements can be published
- Available on web, Android, and iOS
- Organizations get profiles, contributors, and analytics
- Forem is open source with API documentation
Against
- Posts must be substantial and on-topic
- Primarily promotional posts are not allowed
- Bug bounty reward program is suspended
The verdict
DEV Community combines developer publishing with conversations, author following, and organization tools. Its free plan and broad platform availability make it suitable for developers who want a public technical community.
Who it suits
It suits software developers who want to publish technical material, follow authors, and participate in discussions. Organizations may use its branded profiles and contributor features.
Plans and prices
Free
Account registration · publishing and community participation
Read 15 Oct 2026 · dev.to
DEV++ Early-bird
Partner discounts · improved content recommendations · benefit-of-the-doubt spam signal · early access
Read 15 Oct 2026 · dev.to
Free Forever
Pricing page is titled “Free Forever”; no detailed limits stated
Read 8 Oct 2026 · dev.to
On the record
- Account sign-up
- DEV says users can sign up using Apple, GitHub, Twitter/X, or email.dev.to · read 8 Oct 2026
- API
- Forem provides API documentation for programmatic access to its platform.developers.forem.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- Version 1 uses an Accept header and usually an api-key header generated from a user settings page, while some endpoints are public.developers.forem.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API coverage
- The API documentation covers articles, users, pages, subforems, surveys and agent-session resources, among others.developers.forem.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API versions
- Forem provides API version 0 and version 1; version 0 is deprecated and version 1 is recommended.developers.forem.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- App seller identity
- The mobile app seller is listed as Dev Community Inc., with a Brooklyn, New York address in Apple’s store listing.apps.apple.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Authentication integrations
- Accounts can be created with Apple, GitHub, Twitter/X or email, and DEV supports connected OAuth accounts.dev.to · read 15 Oct 2026
- Billboards
- Forem billboards provide flexible content units for account prompts, quality-content promotion, campaigns and feature discovery.dev.to · read 15 Oct 2026
- Community features
- Members can comment, follow authors, and engage with other readers.dev.to · read 8 Oct 2026
- Community size
- The homepage states that DEV has 4,154,371 developers.dev.to · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Crunchbase lists Forem in New York, New York, United States.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Forem as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company workplace
- LinkedIn describes Forem as remote-first, distributed worldwide and without a physical office.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Content limits
- Terms prohibit plagiarism, require substantial on-topic posts and allow DEV to remove content or restrict participation at its discretion.dev.to · read 15 Oct 2026
- Content rules
- Posts must be substantial, on-topic, and not primarily promotional or intended to create backlinks.dev.to · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment tooling
- The Forem repository documents Kamal setup and deployment commands and requires PostgreSQL connection configuration.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- DEV++ availability
- DEV++ is currently available as a prize for participation in challenges, hackathons, and other DEV achievements.dev.to · read 8 Oct 2026
- DEV++ partner offers
- The DEV++ launch described eight initial deals, including a four-times Neon Postgres free tier and 50% off a Polywork profile site.dev.to · read 15 Oct 2026
