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## daily.dev vs DEV Community

DEV is where many developers write; daily.dev is where many developers read. DEV shows you posts published on DEV. daily.dev ranks posts from thousands of sources, DEV among them, around your stack.

Answers: "dev.to alternative", "sites like DEV Community", "developer blogging community".

- **Choose DEV Community if** you want to write and publish, or you are early in your career and want a friendly place to learn in public.
- **Choose daily.dev if** you want to keep up with your whole stack, from every source, in a feed that learns from you.

### Side by side

| | daily.dev | DEV Community |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A personalized feed of developer content | A developer blogging platform |
| Built for | Developers, by stack and interest | Developers who write and read |
| How it is ranked | Your interests plus community reactions | Followed tags plus community reactions |
| Where posts come from | Thousands of curated developer sources | Posts written on DEV |
| Make it yours | Follow and block tags and sources, join squads | Follow tags and authors |
| Discussion | Comments and upvotes on every post | Comments under each post |
| Where you read it | New tab, web, iOS and Android | Web |
| Price | Free forever, optional Plus | Free |

### What DEV Community does well

DEV Community is a free, developer-only blogging platform built on Forem, its open source software. Developers write posts, tag them (#javascript, #webdev, #beginners and so on), and readers follow tags and authors. It is friendly to newcomers and has no paywall.

- **Welcoming to new writers.** It is one of the easiest places to publish your first technical post and get kind feedback.
- **Developer-only and free.** Every post is about software, and none of it is behind a paywall.
- **Open source.** The platform itself is open source, which many developers appreciate.

### Where developers outgrow DEV Community

- **Only what is published on DEV.** Engineering blogs from companies, release notes and independent sites mostly live elsewhere.
- **Uneven depth.** Because anyone can publish, beginner tutorials and deep dives sit side by side, and finding the expert posts in your area takes digging.
- **Tags, not a learning feed.** Following tags narrows the feed, but there is less learning from what you actually read and skip.

### What changes on daily.dev

- **The whole web, not one platform.** daily.dev follows thousands of sources, from big engineering blogs to independent writers, and DEV posts show up there too.
- **Learns from what you read.** Upvotes, reads and downvotes all feed the ranking, so the feed sharpens over a couple of weeks rather than staying fixed to your tags.
- **Built to keep up.** The new-tab extension, mobile apps, bookmarks with reminders and the briefing are made for the daily habit of staying current.

### Using both

These two pair naturally: write on DEV, read on daily.dev. Our guide to using daily.dev and DEV together walks through a setup many developers already use.

### FAQ

**Is daily.dev the same as dev.to?**

No, they are separate products from separate companies. DEV is a platform where developers publish posts. daily.dev is a personalized feed that collects developer posts from many sources, DEV included.

**Will my DEV posts show up on daily.dev?**

Posts from DEV can appear in daily.dev feeds, and you can share your own posts in squads where the right readers will see them.

**Where else can developers blog?**

Hashnode and Medium are the other common choices, plus your own site. Our comparison of Hashnode, DEV and Medium is linked below.

### Further reading

- [How to use daily.dev and DEV together](https://daily.dev/blog/how-to-use-daily-dev-and-dev-to-together/)
- [Hashnode vs DEV vs Medium: where developers should blog](https://daily.dev/blog/developers-blogging-platforms-hashnode-vs-dev-to-vs-medium/)
- [Resources for beginner developers to keep up](https://daily.dev/blog/best-resources-beginner-developers-keep-up/)

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