Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Habr

The 20 closest Tech community blog alternatives to Habr, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Habr? The closest matches are vc.ru, ixbt.com and DEV Community. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Habr

Habr habr.com

Publications / My feed / Habr

Wikidata: collaborative blog

Top 10K · #3,856 English 9 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Habr

Summary by Claude

Collaborative blog and community where users publish technical articles about programming, IT, science and the internet, with comments, voting and topic hubs; available in Russian and English.

Who it’s for
Software developers and IT professionals
Business model
Advertising and sponsored corporate blogs

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Habr’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). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

XDA DevelopersSlashdotGitHubRamblerPikabuBoing Boingcnblogs.comDEV Communityixbt.comvc.ru

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Habr

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    vc.ru Top 10K Russian

    vc.ru — бизнес, технологии, идеи, модели роста, стартапы

    Крупнейшая в рунете площадка для предпринимателей нового поколения. Новости ИТ-рынка, вакансии рунета, реклама, PR, интерфейсы, мобильные приложения.

  2. 02
    ixbt.com Top 10K Russian

    iXBT.com — новости технологий, обзоры гаджетов, смартфонов, бытовой техники и автомобилей

    IXBT.com - крупнейший в Рунете ресурс о компьютерах и высоких технологиях. Ежедневно на сайте появляется множество интересных новостей, тестов, аналитических материалов и обзоров

  3. 03
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English

    DEV Community

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

  4. 04
    cnblogs.com Top 10K Chinese

    博客园 - 开发者的网上家园

    博客园是一个面向开发者的知识分享社区。自创建以来,博客园一直致力并专注于为开发者打造一个纯净的技术交流社区,推动并帮助开发者通过互联网分享知识,从而让更多开发者从中受益。博客园的使命是帮助开发者用代码改变世界。

  5. 05
    Boing Boing boingboing.net Top 10K English

    Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

    Boing Boing is the Web's favorite site devoted to technology, entertainment, and culture. Launched in 1989 as a print 'zine and still...

  6. 06
    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

  7. 07
    Rambler rambler.ru Top 10K Russian

    Рамблер — медийный портал: новости России и мира, почта, поиск, погода

    Рамблер — последние новости сегодня, развлекательные и коммуникационные сервисы: поиск информации в интернете, электронная почта, гороскопы, прогноз погоды, телепрограмма

  8. 08
    GitHub github.blog Top 10K English

    Home - The GitHub Blog

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

  9. 09
    int08h.com Top 10K English

    int08h

  10. 10
    Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.

  11. 11
    XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

    XDA

    The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

  12. 12
    The Register theregister.com Top 10K English

    Technology news and analysis | The Register

    All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register

  13. 13
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

    Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

    Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.

  14. 14

    LiveInternet @ Статистика и дневники, почта и поиск

    LiveInternet - крупный сервис дневников и сообществ, авторитетный сервис статистики для сайтов

  15. 15
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

  16. 16
    Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English

    Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

  17. 17
    Computerworld computerworld.com Top 10K English

    Computerworld

    Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: generative AI, Windows, mobile, Apple/enterprise, office suites, productivity software, and collaboration software, as well as relevant information about companies such as Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI and Google.

  18. 18
    Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English

    Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

    News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

  19. 19
    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English

    MUO - Technology, Simplified.

    MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.

  20. 20
    The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

    The Verge

    The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to habr.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Habr uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Habr is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Vue.js page source: data-v-806e3326
Fonts
Analytics
Advertising
CDN
  • unpkg asset https://unpkg.com/pwacompat
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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