DEV Community listing

Large developer blogging community; launch posts and tutorials reach developers and rank in search.

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Cost to list: Free
Approval: Editorial review
Link type: Dofollow link; Checked on a live listing
Shows up in searches for: 1 business type; Best #1, Open-source projects
Popularity: Tranco #3,701; #153 of 1,712 directory sites
Countries: Worldwide

Checked Oct 20, 2026 · 2 sources

Is DEV Community worth it?

Our reading of the measured data, not a score.

For its audience

Worth a post if its members are your customers.

DEV Community didn't make Google's top 10 in any of the 9 buyer searches we ran for the 2 business types it accepts. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 23% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what DEV Community offers is the people who browse it directly. Listing is stated as free. Profile links are reported dofollow.

What works

Showed up in Google for Open-source projects, as high as #1
Free to list
Dofollow profile link (we checked a live listing)
Busier than most directory sites: #153 of 1,712 by Tranco

Watch out for

Not in Google's top 10 for developer tools and startups (0 of 9 searches)

Measured fit, by business type

How often DEV Community made Google's top 10 in our US buyer searches for the types it accepts.

Developer tools 0/5

Not seen
Startups 0/4

Not seen · cited in an AI Overview

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Where DEV Community shows up when people search

We ran 399 real buyer searches (Google US, desktop) for 100 business types on Oct 20, 2026 and recorded which directories made the organic top 10. Local packs and ads are not counted.

DEV Community accepts 2 business types we measure. Here is every one, with what Google showed instead, so you can see where a listing would and wouldn't be found.

Open-source projects check eligibility

1/4

DEV Community ranked as high as #1 in 1 of these searches. Directories of any kind held 32% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

r/selfhosted 2/4, Medium 2/4, awesome-selfhosted (GitHub) 1/4

Other sites

reddit.com, xda-developers.com, datamation.com

Searches: “open source alternative to notion”, “self hosted alternatives”, “best open source crm”, “open source alternatives” result
Startups

0/4

Not in the organic top 10, but cited in 1 AI Overview. Directories of any kind held 39% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

r/SaaS 3/4, Facebook Pages 1/4, Instagram 1/4

Other sites

quora.com, peerlist.io, ycombinator.com

Searches: “product hunt alternatives”, “where to launch a startup”, “startup directories”, “best startup launch platforms”
Developer tools

0/5

Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 10% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

Medium 1/5, Notion Marketplace 1/5, PeerSpot 1/5

Other sites

reddit.com, speedscale.com, youtube.com

Searches: “best api testing tools”, “postman alternatives”, “best code review tools”, “best ci cd tools”, “heroku alternatives”

Bars show the searches where it made the organic top 10. "Directories" lists the tracked directories that did rank for the same searches, with their hit count. How we measure

What DEV Community costs and who can list

As stated on DEV Community's own pages or reported by a named source. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Who can list: Developer tools
Startups

Census audience: developers, dev tools · Worldwide
Approval: Editorial review. Self-serve: create an account and publish posts or fill in a profile; no listing review.
Link attribute: Dofollow link. We checked a live listing on Oct 20, 2026: dev.to/ben.
Sources: dev.to/ben
dev.to

Not established: price. Prices and rules change; the linked pages are the authority.

How to get listed on DEV Community

1
Prepare your details
- The community's own rules, read before posting
- An account with some genuine history
- A post that is useful on its own, not just a link
- Product URL, short description and images
Our standard checklist for this kind of site (community and consumer site), not a list published by DEV Community.
2

Open the submit page
dev.to/new
3

Approval: editorial review

Self-serve: create an account and publish posts or fill in a profile; no listing review.
4

Check the watch-outs

1 thing to know before you post.

DEV Community alternatives

Ranked by the same evidence: Google top-10 appearances for the business types DEV Community serves, then audience fit, then Tranco popularity.

Questions about DEV Community

Is DEV Community worth it for getting listed?

Worth a post if its members are your customers. DEV Community didn't make Google's top 10 in any of the 9 buyer searches we ran for the 2 business types it accepts. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 23% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what DEV Community offers is the people who browse it directly. Listing is stated as free. Profile links are reported dofollow. This is our reading of the measured data.

How much does a DEV Community listing cost?

Free. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Is a link from DEV Community dofollow?

Dofollow link, as reported in our census.

How do I get listed on DEV Community?

Start at dev.to/new. Approval: editorial review (Self-serve: create an account and publish posts or fill in a profile; no listing review.). Have your details ready first (see "How to list" above).

What are the best DEV Community alternatives?

Ranked by the same evidence: r/SaaS, r/selfhosted, and Product Hunt. The full list of 8 is above, with the searches each one appeared in.

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