# DevRel Directory

> The main place for Developer Relations: guides, tools, communities, and jobs for DevRel professionals.

Last updated: 2026-08-01 (newest health-check verification across directory listings)

## Start here

- [Get into DevRel](https://devrel.directory/start.md): a sequenced route into the field, drawing on the live directory, events, and job data

## Stacks

Curated tool sequences: for a given job, the decisions in the order they get made, the shortlist this directory has verified for each, and the live jobs and events that match. Each twin is linked individually below for the same reason the listing twins are - a crawler cannot expand a pattern.

- [The developer documentation stack](https://devrel.directory/stacks/developer-docs.md): What do I actually need to publish developer docs people can use? Six decisions between an empty repository and documentation that developers, search engines, and coding agents can all read: where the docs live, how the API reference gets generated, and how you find out what people actually read.
- [The developer community stack](https://devrel.directory/stacks/developer-community.md): Where should a developer community live, and what keeps it alive? Choosing a chat platform is the smallest of these decisions and the only one most teams make deliberately. Six more: where answers go to be found again, how you hear the conversations happening off your turf, and how you tell whether anyone is actually showing up.
- [The DevRel measurement stack](https://devrel.directory/stacks/devrel-measurement.md): How do you measure developer relations without inventing numbers? The honest version of DevRel measurement is narrower than the dashboards suggest: a handful of things you can actually observe, each with a stated limit. Seven steps from web analytics to package-level adoption to what AI assistants say about you when you are not looking.

## Docs

- [DevRel Documentation](https://devrel.directory/docs.md): An open knowledge base for Developer Relations - what DevRel is, how the roles differ, and how to build a program that works.

- **Fundamentals**
- [Definition of Developer Relations](https://devrel.directory/docs/fundamentals/definition.md): A working definition of DevRel, what it is not, where the function should report, and how the definition shifts with company stage and product type.
- [The Business Case for DevRel](https://devrel.directory/docs/fundamentals/importance.md): Why DevRel is worth funding - the network-effects mechanism behind developer-first growth, what neglect actually costs, and how to defend the budget internally.
- [DevRel Roles and Responsibilities](https://devrel.directory/docs/fundamentals/roles-and-responsibilities.md): The four classic DevRel roles, the modern titles that grew out of them, who to hire first at each company stage, and where the team should report.
- [DevRel Strategy](https://devrel.directory/docs/fundamentals/devrel-strategy.md): A reference framework for building a DevRel strategy - goals, audience, activities, and metrics - plus the failure modes that sink most programs.
- [Understanding Developer Personas and Needs](https://devrel.directory/docs/fundamentals/understanding-developer-personas.md): How to build research-backed developer personas - a field-by-field template, a fully worked example, and the research methods that justify every claim.

- **AI-era DevRel**
- [Agents Are Your New Developers](https://devrel.directory/docs/ai-era/agents-as-your-new-developers.md): A growing share of first contact with your product is an AI agent acting for a developer. What that changes for DevRel, and what to do about it.
- [Writing Docs LLMs Can Use](https://devrel.directory/docs/ai-era/docs-for-llms.md): llms.txt, Markdown mirrors, and the structural habits that make documentation retrievable and quotable by AI assistants.
- [MCP Servers Are the New SDK](https://devrel.directory/docs/ai-era/mcp-servers-as-devrel-surface.md): Why an MCP server is a developer relations surface, what to expose through it, and the DevRel work that makes one succeed.
- [Measuring Adoption You Cannot See](https://devrel.directory/docs/ai-era/measuring-ai-driven-adoption.md): Why classic web analytics undercount AI-driven adoption, what you can actually measure, and how to report it honestly.

- **Practices**
- [DevRel Activities](https://devrel.directory/docs/practices/devrel-activities.md): The core activities of Developer Relations work, when each one earns its place, and how to combine a few of them into a coherent program.
- [Community Building](https://devrel.directory/docs/practices/community-building.md): How to start, grow, and sustain a developer community, from the first fifty members to programs that scale, plus how to show up well in communities you do not own.
- [Content Creation](https://devrel.directory/docs/practices/content-creation.md): Planning, writing, and distributing developer content that actually gets used, from quickstarts to long-form guides, with a pipeline a small team can sustain.

- **Additional Resources**
- [How we curate](https://devrel.directory/docs/additional-resources/how-we-curate.md): The inclusion bar, the weekly health checks, the two-strike removal rule, and the strict line between money and editorial judgment on devrel.directory.
- [Contributing to devrel.directory](https://devrel.directory/docs/additional-resources/contributing.md): What contributions are welcome, how changes land, and the editorial bar every page has to clear.
- [For agents and developers](https://devrel.directory/docs/additional-resources/for-agents.md): Every machine-readable surface of devrel.directory in one place - Markdown mirrors, the MCP server, feeds, the crawler policy, and rate limits.
- [MCP server](https://devrel.directory/docs/additional-resources/mcp-server.md): Connect an AI agent to the devrel.directory MCP server to search listings, jobs, events, and docs.

## Blog

- [Goals Planning for your DevRel Team using OKRs](https://devrel.directory/blog/2024-10-29-devrel-team-goal-planning-strategy-okr)
- [DevRel Strategy - A Comprehensive Guide](https://devrel.directory/blog/2024-11-06-devrel-strategy): Creating and implementing effective Developer Relations strategies
- [devrel.directory is back](https://devrel.directory/blog/2026-07-10-devrel-directory-relaunch): The site has a new design, an actual directory, a jobs board, and AI-friendly docs. Why it went quiet, what changed, and where it goes from here.
- [Forty releases in: what devrel.directory is now](https://devrel.directory/blog/2026-07-30-devrel-directory-since-the-relaunch): Forty releases since the relaunch: DevRel salary data from live postings, 23 side-by-side comparisons, an agent-readiness grade, and a date on every number.

## Directory

- [DevRel directory](https://devrel.directory/directory): curated directory of Developer Relations tools, communities, newsletters, podcasts, and agencies. Every listing is also in [llms-full.txt](https://devrel.directory/llms-full.txt); the per-listing Markdown twins are linked individually below.

- [Advocu](https://devrel.directory/directory/advocu.md): Runs developer ambassador and experts programs: applications, activity tracking, and program reporting in one place.
- [Algolia DocSearch](https://devrel.directory/directory/algolia-docsearch.md): Free hosted search for open-source docs sites; the default search layer on thousands of developer docs.
- [Answer Overflow](https://devrel.directory/directory/answer-overflow.md): Indexes Discord help channels into Google so community answers become searchable content.
- [Apache Answer](https://devrel.directory/directory/apache-answer.md): Open-source Q&A platform for running a self-hosted developer support forum with reputation and moderation.
- [Asciinema](https://devrel.directory/directory/asciinema.md): Records terminal sessions as lightweight text-based embeds for docs, READMEs, and tutorials.
- [Bevy](https://devrel.directory/directory/bevy.md): Platform for distributed chapter and meetup programs; powers Google Developer Groups and CNCF community groups.
- [Bump.sh](https://devrel.directory/directory/bump-sh.md): API documentation platform that diffs every deploy and generates changelogs, now also offering MCP server documentation for AI agents.
- [Buttondown](https://devrel.directory/directory/buttondown.md): Markdown-first newsletter tool with an API, popular for developer-audience newsletters.
- [Canny](https://devrel.directory/directory/canny.md): AI-powered customer feedback management platform for capturing and prioritizing feature requests and feedback.
- [Common Room](https://devrel.directory/directory/common-room.md): Platform that aggregates member activity across Discord, Slack, GitHub, and social to provide buyer intelligence and community insights through AI agents.
- [confs.tech](https://devrel.directory/directory/confs-tech.md): Community-maintained list of developer conferences and CFP deadlines, the standard place to find speaking slots.
- [Context7](https://devrel.directory/directory/context7.md): Serves version-specific library docs to AI coding tools over MCP; getting indexed here is docs distribution now.
- [daily.dev](https://devrel.directory/directory/daily-dev.md): Personalized developer news feed; a distribution channel for getting technical content in front of developers.
- [Descript](https://devrel.directory/directory/descript.md): Text-based video and podcast editing, a fast way to produce tutorials, talks, and developer shows.
- [Discord](https://devrel.directory/directory/discord.md): Real-time chat platform positioned primarily as a gaming and social platform, though widely used by developer communities.
- [Discourse](https://devrel.directory/directory/discourse.md): The standard open-source forum software for long-form developer community discussion.
- [Docusaurus](https://devrel.directory/directory/docusaurus.md): Open-source docs framework from Meta, the workhorse of OSS documentation sites.
- [F5Bot](https://devrel.directory/directory/f5bot.md): Free email alerts when your product is mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters; the zero-budget listening option.
- [Fern](https://devrel.directory/directory/fern.md): Generates SDKs, API documentation, and CLIs from an OpenAPI spec, enabling small teams to build developer portals.
- [Ghost](https://devrel.directory/directory/ghost.md): Open-source publishing platform behind many engineering blogs and paid developer newsletters.
- [GitBook](https://devrel.directory/directory/gitbook.md): Knowledge platform that syncs with Git and uses AI to answer user questions from your documentation and product content.
- [GitHub Discussions](https://devrel.directory/directory/github-discussions.md): Threaded forums attached to your repos; the lowest-friction community home for open-source projects.
- [kapa.ai](https://devrel.directory/directory/kapa-ai.md): AI answer widget trained on your docs and community threads; deflects developer questions with cited answers.
- [Luma](https://devrel.directory/directory/luma.md): Event pages, registration, and calendars used heavily for developer meetups.
- [Material for MkDocs](https://devrel.directory/directory/material-for-mkdocs.md): The most widely deployed open-source docs theme; Markdown in, a polished documentation site out.
- [Mintlify](https://devrel.directory/directory/mintlify.md): Documentation platform with built-in analytics and AI features; now positioning toward agents and self-updating documentation.
- [OBS Studio](https://devrel.directory/directory/obs-studio.md): Free, open-source recording and streaming; the default rig for live coding, demos, and talk recordings.
- [Octolens](https://devrel.directory/directory/octolens.md): Social listening tool tracking mentions across Reddit, X, LinkedIn, and other platforms; evolving to serve the agent era with API and MCP integrations.
- [OSS Insight](https://devrel.directory/directory/oss-insight.md): Analytics over public GitHub events for open-source trends; now emphasizing AI agent frameworks, LLM tools, and MCP servers alongside general repo benchmarking.
- [Plausible](https://devrel.directory/directory/plausible.md): Lightweight, privacy-first web analytics for docs and blogs; no cookie banner needed for developer audiences.
- [PostHog](https://devrel.directory/directory/posthog.md): Open-source product analytics platform with AI features for automated debugging, bug fixing, and pull request generation.
- [pretalx](https://devrel.directory/directory/pretalx.md): Open-source call-for-papers and conference scheduling, trusted by FOSDEM-scale community events.
- [Profound](https://devrel.directory/directory/profound.md): Tracks how your product shows up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude answers as AI search reshapes discovery.
- [Read the Docs](https://devrel.directory/directory/read-the-docs.md): Automated building, versioning, and hosting of docs from Git; the long-standing home of open-source documentation.
- [ReadMe](https://devrel.directory/directory/readme.md): Interactive API documentation hubs with real-time API logs and guides.
- [Redocly](https://devrel.directory/directory/redocly.md): Maker of Redoc, the long-standing OpenAPI reference renderer, plus a full API docs platform.
- [Scalar](https://devrel.directory/directory/scalar.md): Open-source tool for rendering OpenAPI specs into interactive API documentation, with integrated SDKs, API client, and registry features.
- [Scarf](https://devrel.directory/directory/scarf.md): Provides intelligence on how agents and developers use open-source packages and containers, with focus on GTM signals and risk.
- [Sessionize](https://devrel.directory/directory/sessionize.md): Call-for-papers and speaker management for conferences and meetups.
- [Slack](https://devrel.directory/directory/slack.md): Team chat and AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams where developer and customer communities collaborate.
- [Slidev](https://devrel.directory/directory/slidev.md): Markdown-based slide decks with live code and syntax highlighting, built for developer talks.
- [Slido](https://devrel.directory/directory/slido.md): Live Q&A and polls inside talks and webinars, standard kit for audience interaction at developer events.
- [star-history](https://devrel.directory/directory/star-history.md): Charts GitHub star growth over time; the graph in every devtool launch post and pitch deck.
- [Starlight](https://devrel.directory/directory/starlight.md): Astro's documentation framework with search, i18n, and theming out of the box; a fast-growing Docusaurus alternative.
- [Vale](https://devrel.directory/directory/vale.md): Command-line prose linter that enforces a docs style guide in CI; keeps large doc sets consistent.
- [Zulip](https://devrel.directory/directory/zulip.md): Open-source threaded team chat; the community home of Rust and other projects that outgrew unthreaded chat.
- [CMX](https://devrel.directory/directory/cmx.md): Community for community professionals with events and research, much of it DevRel-adjacent.
- [dev.to](https://devrel.directory/directory/dev-to.md): Large developer blogging community, a common distribution channel for DevRel content.
- [Developer Marketing Alliance](https://devrel.directory/directory/developer-marketing-alliance.md): Community and content hub focused on marketing to developers.
- [DevRel Collective](https://devrel.directory/directory/devrel-collective.md): Slack community of DevRel practitioners; the de-facto watercooler of the profession.
- [Hashnode](https://devrel.directory/directory/hashnode.md): Developer blogging platform with custom domains, popular for personal dev branding.
- [build mode](https://devrel.directory/directory/build-mode.md): PostHog's newsletter on building and growing products, formerly Product for Engineers; covers marketing, activation, and product lessons from PostHog's own work.
- [console.dev](https://devrel.directory/directory/console-dev.md): Free weekly newsletter reviewing new developer tools and beta releases, sent every Thursday.
- [Developer Avocados Weekly](https://devrel.directory/directory/developer-avocados-weekly.md): Weekly email roundup of Developer Relations articles, resources, and conference CFPs.
- [Community Pulse](https://devrel.directory/directory/community-pulse.md): Podcast on community and DevRel topics, hosted by long-time practitioners.
- [devtools.fm](https://devrel.directory/directory/devtools-fm.md): Podcast about developer tools and the people who make them; hosts Andrew Lisowski and Justin Bennett interview maintainers and devtool builders.
- [Scaling DevTools](https://devrel.directory/directory/scaling-devtools.md): Interview podcast by Jack Bridger on how developer tools companies grow; founders and operators talk marketing, positioning, and DevRel.
- [The Business of Open Source](https://devrel.directory/directory/the-business-of-open-source.md): Interview podcast by Emily Omier on positioning and company building for commercial open-source companies.
- [Catchy](https://devrel.directory/directory/catchy.md): Developer marketing agency working with large tech platforms; covers go-to-market strategy, demand generation, content production, and developer programs.
- [Draft.dev](https://devrel.directory/directory/draft-dev.md): Technical content agency that produces tutorials, blog posts, and video for developer tools and platform companies, with focus on search engine optimization and AI-powered content workflows.
- [EveryDeveloper](https://devrel.directory/directory/everydeveloper.md): Technical content strategy consultancy run by Adam DuVander; helps API and devtool companies earn developer visibility, trust, and adoption.
- [Hoopy](https://devrel.directory/directory/hoopy.md): Developer relations consultancy by Matthew Revell, also behind DevRel.net and DevRelCon.
- [Ritza](https://devrel.directory/directory/ritza.md): Technical content agency for developer platforms; engineers turned writers produce documentation, tutorials, onboarding guides, and SEO content.
- [Wizard on Demand](https://devrel.directory/directory/wizard-on-demand.md): Content marketing agency for devtools and enterprise infrastructure companies; creates technical articles and resources and runs SEO distribution.

## Comparisons

Head-to-head pages for the tool pairs this directory has curated as alternatives to each other, each comparing both products on identical criteria drawn from what they publish.

- [Apache Answer vs Discourse](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/apache-answer-vs-discourse.md)
- [Bevy vs Luma](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/bevy-vs-luma.md)
- [Bump.sh vs Redocly](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/bump-sh-vs-redocly.md)
- [Bump.sh vs Scalar](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/bump-sh-vs-scalar.md)
- [Buttondown vs Ghost](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/buttondown-vs-ghost.md)
- [dev.to vs Hashnode](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/dev-to-vs-hashnode.md)
- [Discord vs Slack](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/discord-vs-slack.md)
- [Discord vs Zulip](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/discord-vs-zulip.md)
- [Discourse vs GitHub Discussions](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/discourse-vs-github-discussions.md)
- [Docusaurus vs Material for MkDocs](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/docusaurus-vs-material-for-mkdocs.md)
- [Docusaurus vs Mintlify](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/docusaurus-vs-mintlify.md)
- [Docusaurus vs Read the Docs](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/docusaurus-vs-read-the-docs.md)
- [Docusaurus vs Starlight](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/docusaurus-vs-starlight.md)
- [F5Bot vs Octolens](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/f5bot-vs-octolens.md)
- [GitBook vs Mintlify](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/gitbook-vs-mintlify.md)
- [Material for MkDocs vs Starlight](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/material-for-mkdocs-vs-starlight.md)
- [Mintlify vs ReadMe](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/mintlify-vs-readme.md)
- [OSS Insight vs star-history](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/oss-insight-vs-star-history.md)
- [Plausible vs PostHog](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/plausible-vs-posthog.md)
- [pretalx vs Sessionize](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/pretalx-vs-sessionize.md)
- [ReadMe vs Redocly](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/readme-vs-redocly.md)
- [Redocly vs Scalar](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/redocly-vs-scalar.md)
- [Slack vs Zulip](https://devrel.directory/directory/compare/slack-vs-zulip.md)

## Alternatives

For each listing with a curated alternative, the full shortlist compared on identical criteria.

- [Alternatives to Apache Answer](https://devrel.directory/directory/apache-answer/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Bevy](https://devrel.directory/directory/bevy/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Bump.sh](https://devrel.directory/directory/bump-sh/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Buttondown](https://devrel.directory/directory/buttondown/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Discord](https://devrel.directory/directory/discord/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Discourse](https://devrel.directory/directory/discourse/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Docusaurus](https://devrel.directory/directory/docusaurus/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to F5Bot](https://devrel.directory/directory/f5bot/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Ghost](https://devrel.directory/directory/ghost/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to GitBook](https://devrel.directory/directory/gitbook/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to GitHub Discussions](https://devrel.directory/directory/github-discussions/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Luma](https://devrel.directory/directory/luma/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Material for MkDocs](https://devrel.directory/directory/material-for-mkdocs/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Mintlify](https://devrel.directory/directory/mintlify/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Octolens](https://devrel.directory/directory/octolens/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to OSS Insight](https://devrel.directory/directory/oss-insight/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Plausible](https://devrel.directory/directory/plausible/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to PostHog](https://devrel.directory/directory/posthog/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to pretalx](https://devrel.directory/directory/pretalx/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Read the Docs](https://devrel.directory/directory/read-the-docs/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to ReadMe](https://devrel.directory/directory/readme/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Redocly](https://devrel.directory/directory/redocly/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Scalar](https://devrel.directory/directory/scalar/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Sessionize](https://devrel.directory/directory/sessionize/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Slack](https://devrel.directory/directory/slack/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to star-history](https://devrel.directory/directory/star-history/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Starlight](https://devrel.directory/directory/starlight/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Zulip](https://devrel.directory/directory/zulip/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to dev.to](https://devrel.directory/directory/dev-to/alternatives.md)
- [Alternatives to Hashnode](https://devrel.directory/directory/hashnode/alternatives.md)

## Statistics

- [DevRel by the numbers](https://devrel.directory/stats): counts over this directory's own data (listings by category, open roles, remote share, upcoming events and open CFPs) with the computation method stated and reuse permitted with attribution
- [DevRel salary data](https://devrel.directory/salaries.md): what open Developer Relations roles advertise - median asking range, lowest and highest stated bounds, a remote/hybrid/on-site cut, and every individual stated range, each figure carrying its sample size. Asking ranges copied verbatim from postings, never estimated or converted; the full method, including what the sample excludes, is at https://devrel.directory/salaries#methodology

## Jobs

- [DevRel jobs](https://devrel.directory/jobs): open Developer Relations roles, enumerated in [llms-full.txt](https://devrel.directory/llms-full.txt)

## Events

- [DevRel events & CFPs](https://devrel.directory/events): upcoming Developer Relations conferences and open CFPs, enumerated in [llms-full.txt](https://devrel.directory/llms-full.txt)

## Feeds

- [RSS](https://devrel.directory/rss.xml): blog posts
- [Jobs RSS](https://devrel.directory/jobs/rss.xml): open DevRel roles, newest first, salary in the title when the posting discloses one
- [Events RSS](https://devrel.directory/events/rss.xml): newly added events, open CFPs flagged in the title
- [Directory RSS](https://devrel.directory/directory/rss.xml): newly added directory listings
- [Events calendar](https://devrel.directory/events.ics): every upcoming event as an all-day iCal entry
- [CFP deadline calendar](https://devrel.directory/cfps.ics): open CFP deadlines as timed iCal entries with a one-week reminder

## MCP server

- [MCP server](https://devrel.directory/docs/additional-resources/mcp-server): read-only Model Context Protocol server at https://devrel.directory/mcp exposing directory, jobs, events, and docs search to AI agents over Streamable HTTP

## Optional

- [Full content](https://devrel.directory/llms-full.txt): all docs pages plus every directory listing, active job, and upcoming event in one Markdown file