The best Showwcase alternatives in 2026
Showwcase alternatives for developers who need a new home: DEVAE, Peerlist, dev.to, Polywork and Discord, with notes on migrating a profile or community.
Showwcase was a developer social network with profiles, communities and jobs. Activity there has faded, and its users are spread across several replacements depending on what they used it for. This list is organised around those uses: community, profile, publishing and chat.
DEVAE is first because it is the closest in spirit, a developer-only social network with profiles and communities, and it is actively developed, with live rooms and matching Showwcase never had.
Last reviewed 17 September 2026. We build DEVAE and list it first; the rest are described from their public documentation.
Why people look for a Showwcase alternative
- The community you joined has gone quiet.
- You want a profile on a platform that is being actively built.
- You ran a community and need a place with groups and public pages.
- You want live collaboration, not only a feed.
5 Showwcase alternatives, ranked
DEVAE
Best for: Building with other developers: live rooms, terminal sharing, co-founder matching
Pros: Stack-tuned feed of original posts, live rooms with voice + screen + terminal share, CLI, matchmaking, snippets, hackathons, desktop and Android apps.
Cons: Open beta with a young community; not a place to host a long-form blog.
Peerlist
Best for: A professional profile with verified work and project launches
Pros: Clean profiles, weekly project launches, job board.
Cons: Career-focused; no live rooms.
dev.to
Best for: Long-form tutorials and articles with search traffic
Pros: Huge tag-based community, canonical URL cross-posting, open source (Forem).
Cons: Publishing-first; no live collaboration or matching.
Polywork
Best for: A multi-role professional timeline
Pros: Highlight-based profiles, collaboration badges.
Cons: Broader than developers; limited developer tooling.
Discord
Best for: Running a large community server with channels and roles
Pros: Voice, screen share, bots, roles, moderation, ubiquitous.
Cons: Closed servers are invisible to search; no terminal sharing or matchmaking.
At a glance
| Tool | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| DEVAE | Building with other developers: live rooms, terminal sharing, co-founder matching | Free for individuals (open beta) |
| Peerlist | A professional profile with verified work and project launches | Free |
| dev.to | Long-form tutorials and articles with search traffic | Free |
| Polywork | A multi-role professional timeline | Free (paid tiers) |
| Discord | Running a large community server with channels and roles | Free (Nitro optional) |
DEVAE is free for individuals in open beta. Bring your stack, post what you're building, open a room.
Sign up freeFrequently asked questions
The site remains reachable but community activity and updates have slowed considerably. This page describes the situation as of September 2026 and is not an official statement.
Create a group, share the public group link with members, and open a room for a first session. Groups have indexable public pages.
Not automatically. Re-creating it on DEVAE takes a few minutes.
Yes, for individuals during the open beta.
