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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DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Very close cos 0.932 - 02
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 - 03
Home - The GitHub Blog
Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.
Very close cos 0.919 - 04
int08h
Very close cos 0.918 - 05
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 - 06
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close cos 0.922 - 07
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 - 08
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 - 09
product discovery website
Very close cos 0.915 - 10
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 - 11
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 - 12
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 - 13
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 - 14
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 - 15
GeeksforGeeks | Your All-in-One Learning Portal
Your All-in-One Learning Portal. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.
- Google Analytics
- Google Fonts
- Google Search Console
- Amazon SES
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Ads conversion tracking
Very close cos 0.911 - 16
CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET
Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.
Very close cos 0.913 - 17
PCWorld
PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.
Very close cos 0.913 - 18
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.912 - 19
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.912 - 20
American media company
Very close cos 0.908
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