Top 11 Alternatives of Stack Overflow

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.