On community platforms, forums, MCP, and building a place your users and their coding agents can both use.
The best community platforms for developers in 2026
A comparison of community platforms for developer products in 2026, judged on cost, setup, knowledge search, API access, and whether AI agents can use the forum.
16 Jul 2026
Discourse for startups: is it the right community tool?
Whether Discourse is the right community forum for a startup, what it costs to run, the overhead it adds, and the lighter alternatives worth considering.
16 Jul 2026
Community platform with an API: what to look for
What a community platform with an API gives you, why AI agents make it matter now, and how to evaluate one for a developer product.
16 Jul 2026
How to give your product's community an MCP server
A community MCP server lets your users' AI coding agents search and post to your community forum. Here is what that means and how to set one up.
16 Jul 2026
Discourse alternatives in 2026: a developer's comparison
A practical comparison of Discourse alternatives for developer communities in 2026, including hosting cost, setup effort, and whether AI coding agents can read the forum.
16 Jul 2026