For developers, No doubt! Stack Overflow is a well-known platform. Right?
Stack Overflow, a reputed and well designed Q&A site where you can ask or respond to a doubt.
If you ask me, it was the best site for me during my college life i.e. a treasure where I found the answer to every problem.
But, what makes it popular? Is it only a Q&A site? if No! then, what are its alternatives?
Let’s find out.
Why Stack Overflow is so Popular?
According to the 2020 Stack Overflow Developers survey report, 90.6% used to visit the Stack Overflow when they got stuck into a problem.
Awesome, so why alternatives?🤷♀️
If it is too popular and well-designed then, why we’re searching out its alternatives.
Many users find some basic issues with Stack Overflow and they start searching to its alternatives where they can find a better platform or sometimes just to innovate more.
Issues with Stack Overflow
- Unwelcoming attitude towards new users/beginner programmers
- Frequent downvoting of questions, especially if they’re not technical or seen as duplicates
- Even more difficult for new users to get an answer to a question
Alternatives of Stack Overflow
1. Quora
- Proprietary
- Quora is a question-and-answer website where people can ask, answer or follow internet users worldwide.
2. Code Project
- Open Source
- a community for computer programmers with articles on different topics and programming languages.
3. GitHub
- Open Source
- GitHub is a code hosting platform for collaboration and version control where millions of developers and companies build, ship, and maintain their software in different programming languages like Java, C++ etc.
4. Code Ranch
- Open Source
- CodeRanch is a friendly forum to learn about and discussing programming.
5. Question2Answer
- Open Source
- Q2A is a popular free open source Q&A platform for PHP/MySQL, used by over 22,000 sites in 40 languages.
6. Scoold
- Open Source
- A Q&A site written in Java, it also supports most of the features found in Stack Overflow.
7. Answeree
- Proprietary
- A great Q&A platform where if you have the knowledge you can share it or clear your doubt by asking it.
8. Asktopia
- A platform to find the best answer to your question.
- Here, professionals vote for the best answers to business questions.
9.QueryHome
QueryHome is a Knowledge Social Network where people comes together and ask technical doubts and contribute by answering questions and solving doubts.
10. Answers
- Answers.com, formerly known as WikiAnswers, is Internet-based knowledge exchange.
- Here, you can find the answer to different topics or you can respond to the questions asked.
11. AllAnswered
- A platform that combines the power of Wiki Documentation, Questions & Answers, Workflow and AI Engine.
Wrapping it Up!
How well-designed or well-reputed anything is? We always try to look for its alternatives. Right?
Similarly, this blog post contains the top 11 alternatives of Stack Overflow, which is a popular Q&A site.
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