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Stack Overflow

Who runs Stack Overflow, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest Developer Q&A community alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Prices
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Stack Exchange

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow stackoverflow.com

Wikidata: website for professional and enthusiast programmers

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Stack Overflow tracks

We couldn’t read stackoverflow.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so we can’t say what it loads.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Stack Overflow

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Stack Overflow, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Stack Overflow match.

We can’t read stackoverflow.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Stack Exchange stackexchange.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Hot Questions - Stack Exchange

    Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.

    Compare Stack Exchange with Stack Overflow →
  2. 02
    Experts Exchange experts-exchange.com English 1 tracker

    Experts Exchange | Verified Solutions from Real Technology Experts

    Solve your toughest tech problems with expert-verified answers, not AI guesses. 30 years of trusted solutions from vetted professionals. Try it free.

    Compare Experts Exchange with Stack Overflow →
  3. 03
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English 1 tracker

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

    Compare DEV Community with Stack Overflow →
  4. 04
    Answers answers.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions

    Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want

    Compare Answers with Stack Overflow →
  5. 05
    perlmonks.org English No trackers

    Client Challenge

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  6. 06
    GitHub github.blog Top 10K English No trackers

    Home - The GitHub Blog

    Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.

    Compare GitHub with Stack Overflow →
  7. 07
    Instructables instructables.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Yours for the making

    Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

    Compare Instructables with Stack Overflow →
  8. 08
    Hackaday.io hackaday.io English 2 trackers

    Hackaday.io | The world's largest collaborative hardware development community.

    Discover. Get inspired. Repeat. Hack things for the better. Learn and grow from the example of others. Pass it on by showing off your own hardware adventures.

    Compare Hackaday.io with Stack Overflow →
  9. 09
    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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  10. 10
    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

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  11. 11
    Vocal vocal.media English 3 trackers

    Vocal

    Vocal is a platform for supporting, discovering and rewarding creators.

    Compare Vocal with Stack Overflow →
  12. 12
    Discourse discourse.org English 2 trackers

    Discourse | One platform. Any community.

    Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.

    Compare Discourse with Stack Overflow →
  13. 13
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English No trackers

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

    Compare LinkedIn with Stack Overflow →
  14. 14
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

    Compare AniList with Stack Overflow →
  15. 15
    Full Disclosure fulldisclosure.org English No trackers

    Full Disclosure

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  16. 16
    500px 500px.com Top 10K English No trackers

    photo sharing website

    Compare 500px with Stack Overflow →
  17. 17
    Meetup meetup.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

    Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

    Compare Meetup with Stack Overflow →
  18. 18
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

    Compare MyAnimeList with Stack Overflow →
  19. 19
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Compare YouTube with Stack Overflow →
  20. 20
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English No trackers

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

    Compare DeviantArt with Stack Overflow →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Stack Overflow’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Stack Overflow uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Stack Overflow adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 15 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
44 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Stack Overflow’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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