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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Habr
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Habr, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.936 - 02
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
Very close cos 0.936 - 03
DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Very close cos 0.932 - 04
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。
Very close cos 0.926 - 05
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...
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Amazon SES
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Cloudflare
Very close cos 0.925 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.924 - 07
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
Very close cos 0.924 - 08
Home - The GitHub Blog
Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.
Very close cos 0.919 - 09
int08h
Very close cos 0.918 - 10
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.
Very close cos 0.921 - 11
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close cos 0.922 - 12
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Very close cos 0.920 - 13
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.
Very close cos 0.919 - 14
LiveInternet @ Статистика и дневники, почта и поиск
LiveInternet - крупный сервис дневников и сообществ, авторитетный сервис статистики для сайтов
Very close cos 0.916 - 15
product discovery website
Very close cos 0.915 - 16
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close cos 0.917 - 17
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.
Very close cos 0.915 - 18
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.
Very close cos 0.915 - 19
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.
Very close cos 0.915 - 20
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.
Very close cos 0.914
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
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Matomo page source: _paq.push(
- Yandex Metrica page source: mc.yandex.ru/metrika
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- CDN
- unpkg asset https://unpkg.com/pwacompat
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=-Lxx4RPV5xdNSkQo1PaDGlxZyQqohbnj08iYh1E53Kk
- Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: e86d27babf23ffa3
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Habr adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on habr.com 13/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on habr.com 9/20
- PHP · not on habr.com 9/20
- WordPress · not on habr.com 9/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on habr.com 8/20
- Google Ad Manager 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on habr.com 6/20
- nginx · not on habr.com 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on habr.com 5/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- Yandex Webmaster 4/20
- Mailchimp · not on habr.com 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on habr.com 4/20
- Fastly · not on habr.com 3/20
- jQuery · not on habr.com 3/20