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How to post your product on DEV Community

Developer community; the #showdev tag is for showing off projects and launching products

Posting on DEV Community is free. The listing we checked linked to the product with a plain, followed link.

Free routeLink observed: Followed — a plain link to the product, with no nofollow, ugc or sponsoredTop 10k
Open DEV Community's submit page ↗

At a glance

Free route
Free route

Posting is free from a DEV account; the #showdev tag guidelines ask for community-driven posts that are not overly corporate or salesy, for projects rather than tutorials.

Paid listing from

No paid listing — the free route is the way in.

Review time
  • Free route: posts publish immediately; no review step stated
Link on a live listing
Link observed: Followed — a plain link to the product, with no nofollow, ugc or sponsored

A plain link to the product, with no nofollow, ugc or sponsored. DEV Community does not say what kind of link it gives.

What we read: https://dev.to/croffasia/self-hosted-linear-56bi and 6 other #showdev posts (2026-10-10) - links in the post body carry rel='noopener noreferrer'; two posts also contain some links with rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'

Requirements
  • DEV account (log in or create account) to post.
  • Tag the post #showdev and follow the tag's submission guidelines.
  • Can show someone else's project if it is made clear it is theirs.
Popularity

#3,703 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 10k.

How to post your product on DEV Community, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open DEV Community's submit page. It is at dev.to/new.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Posting is free from a DEV account; the #showdev tag guidelines ask for community-driven posts that are not overly corporate or salesy, for projects rather than tutorials.
  4. 4Check the rules first. DEV account (log in or create account) to post. Tag the post #showdev and follow the tag's submission guidelines. Can show someone else's project if it is made clear it is theirs.
  5. 5Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a launch there gets you

A Show DEV post is an article with a discussion thread under the #showdev tag, visible in tag feeds and to followers. Suits developer-facing projects with a short story about how they were built; promotional posts are discouraged by the tag rules.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; DEV Community's was one of them.
  • By traffic rank it is number 4 of the 27 launch platforms and directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

DEV Community: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to post on DEV Community?

Posting on DEV Community is free.

Is DEV Community free?

Yes, with conditions. Posting is free from a DEV account; the #showdev tag guidelines ask for community-driven posts that are not overly corporate or salesy, for projects rather than tutorials.

How long does a post on DEV Community take?

Free route: posts publish immediately; no review step stated.

Does DEV Community give a dofollow backlink?

DEV Community does not say. The listing we checked linked to the product with a plain, followed link.

What does DEV Community require?

DEV account (log in or create account) to post. Tag the post #showdev and follow the tag's submission guidelines. Can show someone else's project if it is made clear it is theirs.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Every fact above comes from DEV Community's own pages.

Next to the others

DEV Community is one of 41 launch platforms and directories we checked on the same day, with the same questions.

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