Open Source Developer Social Networks

Top open source social networks on the Web, including niche social communities for open source programmers and developers as well as those organized by language, nationality or specialty interest. This list contains social networks and online communities relating specifically to the development of open source software and code.

A social network is defined as an online service, platform or website which is focused largely around uniting individuals and allowing them to communicate and interact. Facebook currently is the world's largest and most popular social networking platform, having supplanted previous champions such as MySpace and Friendster.

This list gathers together major players in the open source social networking field. It is an open list, so if you have a favorite developer-oriented social network that isn't featured, enter it below to make sure it's included on the list.