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October 28, 2022

We raised €2.2M to launch the open-source platform for community-led growth

crowd.dev raised €2.2M to build the community-led growth platform for developer-first businesses. We are now 100% open-source and released the biggest update yet.

November 23, 2022

What is a Developer Advocate & why are they Essential for DevTools?

What is a Developer Advocate, what are their main responsibilities, what makes them essential for DevTools, & how do you find them? We share all in this blog.

November 16, 2022

The Fundamentals of Open-Source Licensing for Startup Founders

Learn about popular open-source licenses, how they differ, when one is preferable to another, & examples of how open-source startups use them in practice.

October 28, 2022

Product Updates - October 2022

October marks crowd.dev’s biggest product update yet - from sentiment analysis to rich member profiles, there are major changes to help you grow.

October 25, 2022

crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer

crowd.dev the community-led growth platform explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer

October 28, 2022

How to build a developer community: a step-by-step guide‍

Building developer communities is hard work. We lay out the most important elements and steps in this comprehensive guide. Enjoy!

October 18, 2022

Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it

Developers are a special kind of audience to market and sell to. They don’t respond well to traditional marketing. We tell you what you can do.

October 11, 2022

The recipe for open-source startup pitch decks, by a former VC

Here's how to build your open-source startup seed round pitch deck, according to a former open-source focused VC. Including a template.

August 18, 2022

How kern.ai grew their stargazers from 0 to 800 in 1 week

In this case study you can learn how Kern.ai - the IDE for data-centric NLP - grew their GitHub stargazers from 0 to 800 with crowd.dev.

August 31, 2022

Crowd.dev Product Updates - August 2022

In August 2022, crowd.dev shipped the new app Eagle Eye, a DEV integration, support for GitHub discussions and a few other improvements.

October 4, 2022

Should I wait for a big “launch day" to release my open-source startup, or do it now?

Should I wait for a launch day? This question can be even harder if you are an open source startup. In this blog we go through pros & cons.

September 19, 2022

How to do community research calls

To build a thriving community, you need to understand the needs of your members. In this blog, you'll learn how to conduct community research calls efficiently.

September 27, 2022

How to spot and contact influential community members

Learn how to use crowd.dev to spot and contact influencers in your developer community in 2 simple steps.

Slack vs Discord vs Mattermost - The ultimate guide to community chat platforms

Deciding on a platform to start your community journey is challenging. We compared the 3 most commonly used ones for you: Slack, Discord, and Mattermost?

The Top 7 Newsletters about Developer Community Building

Seven fantastic newsletters about the latest trends, news and tools concerning developer communities.

A Step-By-Step Guide To Successful Community Onboarding

Onboarding new members is a critical process of community building.Check out this guide to ensure you provide your community with the best onboarding experience

Top 6 Books on Developer Community Building

Longing for some great book recommendations about dev community building? We have combined our top six picks into a conclusive list for you.

How To Find A Developer Community To Belong To?

Check out our step-by-step guide, where we help you through the challenging process of finding the right community for you.

Why size matters - at least when it comes to community

Discover the three stages of community growth and learn how to navigate them successfully.

Introducing: Open Source Alternative To

Crowd.dev has launched a directory with 250+ open source alternatives to proprietary software. Learn more in our blog post.

Let Google discover your Slack or Discord community

Turn your community’s conversations on Discord, Slack & co into SEO-friendly landing pages to drive traffic and reduce duplicate questions.

February 15, 2022

Open Community Analytics

Crowd.dev is brining open metrics to community-driven companies.

January 5, 2021

10 metrics you should track in your open source community

Get a sense of how well your community is doing and understand their activities. With the right metrics, you can measure and turn it into useful information.

January 13, 2022

How to write a good blog for your community, not Google

Creating a great blog is not easy. We have gathered ten tips to improve your blogging skills to help you grow your community and eventually your business.

December 23, 2021

How ownCloud’s community has changed over time

Diving into how and why they build community at the open-source collaboration tool company ownCloud.

November 23, 2021

5 virtual event platforms that will turn your event into a success

If you want to turn your virtual event into a success, you must select the right platform. We compared different platforms and picked out the best 5 for you.

November 12, 2021

How Plausible bootstrapped to $500k ARR through community

Marko Saric, the Co-founder of Plausible analytics, gives insights into their marketing strategy and their rapid success as an open-source company.

November 2, 2021

How to get talks? Growing communities through your presence.

This guide explains WHY it is essential to speak at a conference and HOW you can get invited to one.

October 14, 2021

18 elements that shouldn't miss in your open source README

If you want to build a great README, don't forget to include these 18 elements.

October 19, 2021

Community as the key factor for Nextcloud's success

Learn what an impact open source communities had on Nextcloud's success.

September 21, 2021

How to get the first stars on GitHub?

Stars are the social currency of GitHub. Learn what steps you can take to get your first 1000 stars and build some momentum.

August 18, 2021

Trending Job Titles for Developer Community Building

DevRel, Developer Marketeer, Technical Ambassadors? Get an overview of job titles in developer community building and learn about the differences.

September 16, 2021

Building a developer community based on directness and transparency at Checkly

In this interview, Giovanni Rago (Head of DevRel at Checkly) explains why communities will be about directness and transparency in the future.

September 27, 2021

Why the developer community is at the heart of R3

David Awad, Developer Evangelist at r3, talks about their approach to developer community building in this "The Rise of Community" interview.

September 13, 2021

10 interesting open source projects you should know about

From trading bots to Dropbox alternatives - learn about 10 exciting open source software projects.

September 6, 2021

6 best communication tools for developer communities

Slack? Discord? Rocket.chat? Learn everything about differences and similarities of the leading communication tools for developer communities.

August 30, 2021

Why community is crucial for OSS startup Edgeless Systems

Learn why the open source startup Edgeless Systems is relying on community building in this interview with Sr. Developer Marketing Manager Daniel Bentrup.

August 25, 2021

How open source is changing software commercialization

How will the rise of open source affect the software industry and its approach to commercialization? Find out in this blog.

August 23, 2021

Learnings from building communities at Anything World

Learn how the AR startup Anything World is building its developer community.

Top 7 Platforms for Developer Communities in 2021

Find out which community platforms developers are using in 2021 and what pros and cons they have.

August 16, 2021

How OSS startup TerminusDB tackles DevRel

Learn how Cheuk Ting Ho and TerminusDB are tackling building their developer community.

The Open Source Community Funnel

Building communities is a critical part of the success of open source projects. Learn how to build them.

Why companies should build developer communities; and how to do it

Learn why companies need a developer community and how to actually build a strong and long-lasting community.

Introducing Crowd.dev 👋

Crowd.dev covers the leg-work for community building, so you can focus on building relationships instead of data integrations and spreadsheets.

What is a Community-driven Company?

Community-driven businesses are fundamentally different from traditional businesses. Learn why.

10 non-obvious Open Source Alternatives

With OpenSourceAlternative.To growing each day, we have taken the time and compiled a list of our top ten open-source projects.

February 8, 2022

How to build a developer community - a step-by-step guide

Building a healthy and strong developer community is not an easy task. That is why we created this guide to get you through the first community building steps.

September 05, 2022

Discourse vs Reddit vs Vanilla Forums - The ultimate guide to community forums

Community forums are a gateway for people to connect and discuss shared interests.

September 9, 2021

Why pace is a challenge for community building

Shruti Kuber (DevRel @ EMnify) explains why pace is a challenge for community building, what she learned from working in DevRel, and much more.

October 28, 2022

Product Updates - October 2022

October marks crowd.dev’s biggest product update yet - from sentiment analysis to rich member profiles, there are major changes to help you grow.

October 25, 2022

crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer

crowd.dev the community-led growth platform explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer

August 31, 2022

Crowd.dev Product Updates - August 2022

In August 2022, crowd.dev shipped the new app Eagle Eye, a DEV integration, support for GitHub discussions and a few other improvements.

September 19, 2022

How to do community research calls

To build a thriving community, you need to understand the needs of your members. In this blog, you'll learn how to conduct community research calls efficiently.

September 27, 2022

How to spot and contact influential community members

Learn how to use crowd.dev to spot and contact influencers in your developer community in 2 simple steps.

Introducing: Open Source Alternative To

Crowd.dev has launched a directory with 250+ open source alternatives to proprietary software. Learn more in our blog post.

February 15, 2022

Open Community Analytics

Crowd.dev is brining open metrics to community-driven companies.

November 23, 2022

What is a Developer Advocate & why are they Essential for DevTools?

What is a Developer Advocate, what are their main responsibilities, what makes them essential for DevTools, & how do you find them? We share all in this blog.

October 25, 2022

crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer

crowd.dev the community-led growth platform explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer

October 28, 2022

How to build a developer community: a step-by-step guide‍

Building developer communities is hard work. We lay out the most important elements and steps in this comprehensive guide. Enjoy!

October 18, 2022

Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it

Developers are a special kind of audience to market and sell to. They don’t respond well to traditional marketing. We tell you what you can do.

October 11, 2022

The recipe for open-source startup pitch decks, by a former VC

Here's how to build your open-source startup seed round pitch deck, according to a former open-source focused VC. Including a template.

August 18, 2022

How kern.ai grew their stargazers from 0 to 800 in 1 week

In this case study you can learn how Kern.ai - the IDE for data-centric NLP - grew their GitHub stargazers from 0 to 800 with crowd.dev.

August 31, 2022

Crowd.dev Product Updates - August 2022

In August 2022, crowd.dev shipped the new app Eagle Eye, a DEV integration, support for GitHub discussions and a few other improvements.

October 4, 2022

Should I wait for a big “launch day" to release my open-source startup, or do it now?

Should I wait for a launch day? This question can be even harder if you are an open source startup. In this blog we go through pros & cons.

September 19, 2022

How to do community research calls

To build a thriving community, you need to understand the needs of your members. In this blog, you'll learn how to conduct community research calls efficiently.

September 27, 2022

How to spot and contact influential community members

Learn how to use crowd.dev to spot and contact influencers in your developer community in 2 simple steps.

Slack vs Discord vs Mattermost - The ultimate guide to community chat platforms

Deciding on a platform to start your community journey is challenging. We compared the 3 most commonly used ones for you: Slack, Discord, and Mattermost?

The Top 7 Newsletters about Developer Community Building

Seven fantastic newsletters about the latest trends, news and tools concerning developer communities.

A Step-By-Step Guide To Successful Community Onboarding

Onboarding new members is a critical process of community building.Check out this guide to ensure you provide your community with the best onboarding experience

Top 6 Books on Developer Community Building

Longing for some great book recommendations about dev community building? We have combined our top six picks into a conclusive list for you.

How To Find A Developer Community To Belong To?

Check out our step-by-step guide, where we help you through the challenging process of finding the right community for you.

Why size matters - at least when it comes to community

Discover the three stages of community growth and learn how to navigate them successfully.

Introducing: Open Source Alternative To

Crowd.dev has launched a directory with 250+ open source alternatives to proprietary software. Learn more in our blog post.

Let Google discover your Slack or Discord community

Turn your community’s conversations on Discord, Slack & co into SEO-friendly landing pages to drive traffic and reduce duplicate questions.

February 15, 2022

Open Community Analytics

Crowd.dev is brining open metrics to community-driven companies.

January 5, 2021

10 metrics you should track in your open source community

Get a sense of how well your community is doing and understand their activities. With the right metrics, you can measure and turn it into useful information.

January 13, 2022

How to write a good blog for your community, not Google

Creating a great blog is not easy. We have gathered ten tips to improve your blogging skills to help you grow your community and eventually your business.

December 23, 2021

How ownCloud’s community has changed over time

Diving into how and why they build community at the open-source collaboration tool company ownCloud.

November 12, 2021

How Plausible bootstrapped to $500k ARR through community

Marko Saric, the Co-founder of Plausible analytics, gives insights into their marketing strategy and their rapid success as an open-source company.

November 2, 2021

How to get talks? Growing communities through your presence.

This guide explains WHY it is essential to speak at a conference and HOW you can get invited to one.

October 14, 2021

18 elements that shouldn't miss in your open source README

If you want to build a great README, don't forget to include these 18 elements.

October 19, 2021

Community as the key factor for Nextcloud's success

Learn what an impact open source communities had on Nextcloud's success.

September 21, 2021

How to get the first stars on GitHub?

Stars are the social currency of GitHub. Learn what steps you can take to get your first 1000 stars and build some momentum.

August 18, 2021

Trending Job Titles for Developer Community Building

DevRel, Developer Marketeer, Technical Ambassadors? Get an overview of job titles in developer community building and learn about the differences.

September 16, 2021

Building a developer community based on directness and transparency at Checkly

In this interview, Giovanni Rago (Head of DevRel at Checkly) explains why communities will be about directness and transparency in the future.

September 27, 2021

Why the developer community is at the heart of R3

David Awad, Developer Evangelist at r3, talks about their approach to developer community building in this "The Rise of Community" interview.

September 6, 2021

6 best communication tools for developer communities

Slack? Discord? Rocket.chat? Learn everything about differences and similarities of the leading communication tools for developer communities.

August 30, 2021

Why community is crucial for OSS startup Edgeless Systems

Learn why the open source startup Edgeless Systems is relying on community building in this interview with Sr. Developer Marketing Manager Daniel Bentrup.

August 23, 2021

Learnings from building communities at Anything World

Learn how the AR startup Anything World is building its developer community.

Top 7 Platforms for Developer Communities in 2021

Find out which community platforms developers are using in 2021 and what pros and cons they have.

The Open Source Community Funnel

Building communities is a critical part of the success of open source projects. Learn how to build them.

Why companies should build developer communities; and how to do it

Learn why companies need a developer community and how to actually build a strong and long-lasting community.

What is a Community-driven Company?

Community-driven businesses are fundamentally different from traditional businesses. Learn why.

February 8, 2022

How to build a developer community - a step-by-step guide

Building a healthy and strong developer community is not an easy task. That is why we created this guide to get you through the first community building steps.

September 05, 2022

Discourse vs Reddit vs Vanilla Forums - The ultimate guide to community forums

Community forums are a gateway for people to connect and discuss shared interests.

September 9, 2021

Why pace is a challenge for community building

Shruti Kuber (DevRel @ EMnify) explains why pace is a challenge for community building, what she learned from working in DevRel, and much more.

October 25, 2022

crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer

crowd.dev the community-led growth platform explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer

October 18, 2022

Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it

Developers are a special kind of audience to market and sell to. They don’t respond well to traditional marketing. We tell you what you can do.

October 11, 2022

The recipe for open-source startup pitch decks, by a former VC

Here's how to build your open-source startup seed round pitch deck, according to a former open-source focused VC. Including a template.

August 18, 2022

How kern.ai grew their stargazers from 0 to 800 in 1 week

In this case study you can learn how Kern.ai - the IDE for data-centric NLP - grew their GitHub stargazers from 0 to 800 with crowd.dev.

October 4, 2022

Should I wait for a big “launch day" to release my open-source startup, or do it now?

Should I wait for a launch day? This question can be even harder if you are an open source startup. In this blog we go through pros & cons.

September 19, 2022

How to do community research calls

To build a thriving community, you need to understand the needs of your members. In this blog, you'll learn how to conduct community research calls efficiently.

September 27, 2022

How to spot and contact influential community members

Learn how to use crowd.dev to spot and contact influencers in your developer community in 2 simple steps.

Slack vs Discord vs Mattermost - The ultimate guide to community chat platforms

Deciding on a platform to start your community journey is challenging. We compared the 3 most commonly used ones for you: Slack, Discord, and Mattermost?

Let Google discover your Slack or Discord community

Turn your community’s conversations on Discord, Slack & co into SEO-friendly landing pages to drive traffic and reduce duplicate questions.

January 5, 2021

10 metrics you should track in your open source community

Get a sense of how well your community is doing and understand their activities. With the right metrics, you can measure and turn it into useful information.

January 13, 2022

How to write a good blog for your community, not Google

Creating a great blog is not easy. We have gathered ten tips to improve your blogging skills to help you grow your community and eventually your business.

December 23, 2021

How ownCloud’s community has changed over time

Diving into how and why they build community at the open-source collaboration tool company ownCloud.

November 23, 2021

5 virtual event platforms that will turn your event into a success

If you want to turn your virtual event into a success, you must select the right platform. We compared different platforms and picked out the best 5 for you.

November 12, 2021

How Plausible bootstrapped to $500k ARR through community

Marko Saric, the Co-founder of Plausible analytics, gives insights into their marketing strategy and their rapid success as an open-source company.

November 2, 2021

How to get talks? Growing communities through your presence.

This guide explains WHY it is essential to speak at a conference and HOW you can get invited to one.

October 14, 2021

18 elements that shouldn't miss in your open source README

If you want to build a great README, don't forget to include these 18 elements.

October 19, 2021

Community as the key factor for Nextcloud's success

Learn what an impact open source communities had on Nextcloud's success.

September 21, 2021

How to get the first stars on GitHub?

Stars are the social currency of GitHub. Learn what steps you can take to get your first 1000 stars and build some momentum.

September 16, 2021

Building a developer community based on directness and transparency at Checkly

In this interview, Giovanni Rago (Head of DevRel at Checkly) explains why communities will be about directness and transparency in the future.

September 27, 2021

Why the developer community is at the heart of R3

David Awad, Developer Evangelist at r3, talks about their approach to developer community building in this "The Rise of Community" interview.

September 13, 2021

10 interesting open source projects you should know about

From trading bots to Dropbox alternatives - learn about 10 exciting open source software projects.

August 30, 2021

Why community is crucial for OSS startup Edgeless Systems

Learn why the open source startup Edgeless Systems is relying on community building in this interview with Sr. Developer Marketing Manager Daniel Bentrup.

August 25, 2021

How open source is changing software commercialization

How will the rise of open source affect the software industry and its approach to commercialization? Find out in this blog.

August 23, 2021

Learnings from building communities at Anything World

Learn how the AR startup Anything World is building its developer community.

Top 7 Platforms for Developer Communities in 2021

Find out which community platforms developers are using in 2021 and what pros and cons they have.

August 16, 2021

How OSS startup TerminusDB tackles DevRel

Learn how Cheuk Ting Ho and TerminusDB are tackling building their developer community.

10 non-obvious Open Source Alternatives

With OpenSourceAlternative.To growing each day, we have taken the time and compiled a list of our top ten open-source projects.

February 8, 2022

How to build a developer community - a step-by-step guide

Building a healthy and strong developer community is not an easy task. That is why we created this guide to get you through the first community building steps.

September 05, 2022

Discourse vs Reddit vs Vanilla Forums - The ultimate guide to community forums

Community forums are a gateway for people to connect and discuss shared interests.

September 9, 2021

Why pace is a challenge for community building

Shruti Kuber (DevRel @ EMnify) explains why pace is a challenge for community building, what she learned from working in DevRel, and much more.

October 28, 2022

We raised €2.2M to launch the open-source platform for community-led growth

crowd.dev raised €2.2M to build the community-led growth platform for developer-first businesses. We are now 100% open-source and released the biggest update yet.

August 31, 2022

Crowd.dev Product Updates - August 2022

In August 2022, crowd.dev shipped the new app Eagle Eye, a DEV integration, support for GitHub discussions and a few other improvements.

Introducing: Open Source Alternative To

Crowd.dev has launched a directory with 250+ open source alternatives to proprietary software. Learn more in our blog post.

February 15, 2022

Open Community Analytics

Crowd.dev is brining open metrics to community-driven companies.

Introducing Crowd.dev 👋

Crowd.dev covers the leg-work for community building, so you can focus on building relationships instead of data integrations and spreadsheets.

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