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Communities for open source contributors and maintainers covering everything from trading bots to backend frameworks. GitHub, Discord, and Slack host communities for specific projects with active developer discussion and contribution workflows.

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Freqtrade

11,327 members

Freqtrade is a free and open source crypto trading bot written in Python. It is designed to support all major exchanges and be controlled via Telegram or webUI. It contains backtesting, plotting and money management tools as well as strategy optimization by machine learning. For any questions not covered by the documentation or for further information about the bot, or to simply engage with like-minded individuals, we encourage you to join the Freqtrade discord server.

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r/OSINT

92,300 members

Welcome to the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Community on Reddit. This is a platform for members and visitors to explore and learn about OSINT, including various tactics and tools. We encourage discussions on all aspects of OSINT, but we must emphasize an important rule: do not use this community to "investigate or target" individuals.

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Adafruit Discord

39,000 members

A large community for makers, hackers, artists, designers, and engineers who share projects, coordinate events, and build open-source hardware like CircuitPython.

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r/linux_gaming

418,673 members

A subreddit for discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck).

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r/opensource

204,000 members

A subreddit for everything open source related.

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r/OSINT

92,300 members

Welcome to the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Community on Reddit. This is a platform for members and visitors to explore and learn about OSINT, including various tactics and tools. We encourage discussions on all aspects of OSINT, but we must emphasize an important rule: do not use this community to "investigate or target" individuals.

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Angular

44,353 members

Deliver web apps with confidence! The Angular Discord server is a free and safe way for you to connect with the Angular community, ask questions, and learn from others. There are channels that range from questions and discussions about Angular, community topics and events, libraries and technologies, meetups, and more. You can connect with library authors and contributors, people in your local area, and people that speak your language.

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Adafruit Discord

39,000 members

A large community for makers, hackers, artists, designers, and engineers who share projects, coordinate events, and build open-source hardware like CircuitPython.

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Appwrite

24,709 members

Appwrite is a backend platform for developing Web, Mobile, and Flutter applications. Built with the open source community and optimized for developer experience in the coding languages you love. Appwrite's open-source platform lets you add Auth, DBs, Functions and Storage to your product and build any application at any scale, own your data, and use your preferred coding languages and tools.

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Linux.Chat

18,930 members

The Linux.Chat community is a multi-platform community for general Linux support. We provide help and support for any Linux® distribution and aim to answer any questions you might have about Linux. Discussion about the various aspects of Linux and Free/Open Source software is also encouraged

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Deno

15,991 members

A constructive and inclusive social network for software developers. With you every step of your journey. Deno is a runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly that is based on the V8 JavaScript engine and the Rust programming language. Deno was co-created by Ryan Dahl, who also created Node.js.

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The DHIS2 Community of Practice is a global, human-centered network that connects users, implementers, and developers to collaboratively address real-world challenges. It serves as a vital forum for sharing innovations and knowledge, fostering continuous improvement and local ownership of DHIS2 solutions for public good.

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Freqtrade

11,327 members

Freqtrade is a free and open source crypto trading bot written in Python. It is designed to support all major exchanges and be controlled via Telegram or webUI. It contains backtesting, plotting and money management tools as well as strategy optimization by machine learning. For any questions not covered by the documentation or for further information about the bot, or to simply engage with like-minded individuals, we encourage you to join the Freqtrade discord server.

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The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is home to nearly 150 top level projects ranging from open source enterprise automation software to a whole ecosystem of distributed computing projects related to Apache Hadoop. ASF’s open source software is used ubiquitously around the world with more than 8,400 committers contributing to more than 320 active projects.

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Open Compute Project (OCP) aims to develop open hardware solutions for data centers. The OCP is an initiative made up of cheap, vanity-free servers, modular I/O storage for Open Rack (a rack standard designed for data centers to integrate the rack into the data center infrastructure) and a relatively “green” data center design.

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Harness Community

3,052 members

Harness is a self-service CI/CD platform that allows engineers and DevOps to build, test, deploy, and verify software, on-demand. As supporters of the open source community, we believe it is important to be clear when our software is free and open source, and when it isn’t. Join our virtual and in-person events; engage with our teams in our Community Forum and Slack workspace; follow our source code repos; and collaborate in the open with our engineers and product teams around new ideas and features.

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Blink Shell

1,708 members

Blink Shell, Build & Code is the power tool designed to keep up with you. Always on, blazing fast and fitted specifically to your devices. Blink gives you the freedom to develop your own way. Anywhere.

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FOSS Post

1,667 members

FOSS Post is a high-quality online magazine about Linux and open source software. This channel posts daily news from all over the web too.

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Wasp

1,541 members

Wasp: Revolutionize Full-Stack Web Development with React & Node.js! Wasp is a cutting-edge open-source framework designed to streamline the development of full-stack web apps using React and Node.js, enabling rapid deployment with just a single CLI command.

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Buefy

1,325 members

Buefy is a user interface component library made on top of Vue.js and Bulma; two fresh, but well-known, frameworks. Buefy has two core principles: 1. keep stuff simple and 2. be lightweight.

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By open sourcing and developing on the POWER ISA - one of the most sophisticated processor architectures available - the OpenPOWER Foundation is democratizing access and extending the reach of the RISC-based architecture. With more than 1050 members collaborating regularly, the entire semiconductor industry - from global organizations with deep expertise to individual creators with a new lens - can innovate with choice and build and develop across the full Hardware and Software stack.

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Blue Dwarf

892 members

Blue Dwarf is for people who are looking for an online community that believes in "old Internet" values like free speech, privacy, and anonymity. While users are encouraged to post on any topic that interests them in a verbal-abuse free environment, we spend quite a bit of time discussing self hosting, Linux, politics, and spirituality.

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Bitcoin Design

871 members

A free, open-source community resource for designers, developers, and others working on non-custodial Bitcoin products. The Bitcoin Design Community Discord is an open space to discuss and explore everything bitcoin and design. Open standards are part of our foundation, so all of our work can also be found on Github.

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Clickvote is an open-source tool that effortlessly adds upvotes, likes, and reviews to any online content, enhancing user interaction and engagement in various contexts. Open-source is in the heart of Clickvote. We keep all the source code and work publicly available. Join our community driven project with over 3,000+ developers from around the world who contribute code and help building the modern notification infrastructure.

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The GitHub Community is a place to ask questions, share expertise, and collaborate on software development within the GitHub ecosystem.

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The Wikimedia Forum is a central hub for discussions, announcements, and planning concerning the Wikimedia movement and its global projects.

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