LaunchWakeChannels / Best places to launch a developer tool
Launch guide
Best places to launch a developer tool
The communities, directories and newsletters where devtools actually find users — ranked safest-first, with each one's rules and ban risk.
16 channels, safest first
Changelog News
Thousands of developers · weekly dev news + podcast
Low·Weekly (Monday)
Console.dev
~30k+ developers · weekly devtools reviews
Low·Weekly (published Thursdays)
dev.to
developer blogging community
Low·Any weekday morning
DevHunt
developer tools · built by developers
Low·Rolling (weekly)
Fosstodon
Invite-friendly Mastodon instance for people into technology and free & open-source software.
Low·Weekdays, 9-11am ET
Frontend Focus
~50k+ frontend developers · weekly curated links
Low·Weekly (Wednesday)
Hacker News — Show HN
~5M developers & founders · very high intent
Low·Tue–Thu 8am ET
Product Hunt
makers, early adopters, PMs
Low·Tue 00:01 PT
StackShare
dev tech-stack discovery · engineering audience
Low·Anytime (queued)
DZone
Professional software-development audience across Java, DevOps, cloud, databases, and architecture.
Medium·Tue-Thu, 8-10am ET
r/selfhosted
self-hosting & open-source enthusiasts
Medium·Weekend mornings
r/webdev
2.6M members · web developers
Medium·Mon/Wed 9am ET
TLDR AI
~1.1M subscribers · daily AI news & tools digest
Medium·Daily (weekdays)
TLDR Newsletter
~7M+ subscribers · daily byte-sized tech digest
Medium·Daily (weekday mornings)
Ministry of Testing — The Club
Global community of software testers, QA, and quality engineers discussing tools and practices.
High·Tue-Thu, 8-11am ET
Stack Overflow
The largest Q&A community for programmers; enormous reach but strictly help-focused, not promotional.
High·Tue-Thu, 9am-1pm ET
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