BLOG
The crowd.dev blog
Read about insights, use cases for our product, customer stories, company announcements, and summaries of our Developer-led podcast.
Stay in the known
Subscribe to our newsletter and get monthly top picks from our blog right to your inbox.
By clicking Sign Up you're confirming that you agree with our Terms and Conditions.
.jpg)
How to engage your developer community
Learn how to measure and increase engagement in your developer community using crowd.dev.
Introducing the first data enrichment built for developer communities
Leverage your developer community with crowd.dev's member enrichment - the only data enrichment tailored to developers.
Product Updates - January 2023
We started 2023 out with a bang, releasing the first data enrichment tailored to developers and the much-requested LinkedIn integration.
.png)
What sets crowd.dev apart from Orbit, Common Room & other community tools
Unlock the potential of your developer community: Get 5 reasons to choose crowd.dev over other community data platforms.
.png)
Why and how we follow project-based development
At crowd.dev, we follow a project-based development approach, including 1-week cycles always ending in a release. Find out why & how here.
How Luos uses crowd.dev to identify key community members & build authentic relationships
Find out how Luos, an open-source DevTool, uses crowd.dev to manage and grow its already 11,000-strong developer community here.
Introducing AnalyzeMyRepo: Free analysis & insights for any GitHub repository
AnalyzeMyRepo is a powerful tool to learn about the adoption, contributions, diversity, & governance of any GitHub repo.
Product Updates - December 2022
In December 2022, we introduced the Growth plan, a Reddit integration, and several UX improvements. Learn more in our product updates.
.png)
5 use cases for crowd.dev
Learn more about amazing (and maybe surprising) use cases for crowd.dev - the community-led growth platform for developer tools.
.png)
Are AI models like ChatGPT the future of community building?
Discover how AI models like ChatGPT are changing the way we approach community building: from community definition to community management.
.jpg)
Product Updates - November 2022
Organization lists & profiles, Tasks, Notes, a Hacker News integration, and many more resources for you in November.
.png)
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?
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 startups use them
-2%20(2).jpg)
We raised ā¬2.2M to launch the open-source platform for community-led growth
crowd.dev raised ā¬2.2M to build the community-led growth platform for developer-first businesses. We are now 100% open-source.
.png)
Product Updates - October 2022
October marks crowd.devās biggest product update yet - from sentiment analysis to rich member profiles, there are changes to help you grow.
How to build a developer community: a step-by-step guideā
Building developer communities is hard work. We lay out the most important elements and steps in this comprehensive guide. Enjoy!
crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer
Community-led growth explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer
Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it
Developers are a special audience to market & sell to. They donāt respond well to traditional marketing. We tell you what you can do.
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.
Should I wait for a big ālaunch 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.
.png)
Conduct user interviews with your community
To build a thriving community and product, you need to understand the needs of your members. Here you'll learn how to conduct community research calls.
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.
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.
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.
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 top ones: Slack, Discord, and Mattermost?
The Open Source Community Funnel
Building communities is a critical part of the success of open source projects. Learn how to build them.
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.
