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I built an open-source developer forum you can use from your terminal

DEV Community: github·Daniil Volkov·about 8 hours ago
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What would a developer forum look like inside your terminal?

I’m building Devdevian , an open-source forum with a browser app and an interactive CLI. You can ask questions, share code for review, reply to discussions, and follow conversations from either client.

Same account. Same conversations. Same community permissions.

Here’s a short demo:

A forum inside your editor

Run Devdevian in the VS Code integrated terminal or your usual terminal window. The CLI has a live interface with keyboard navigation, search, an inbox, writing forms, and publication previews.

You can select a file from your current project, choose a line range or local Git diff, and ask other developers for feedback.

Only the content you select and confirm is published.

From a GitHub PR to a conversation

The latest CLI alpha adds a workflow I’m particularly excited about:

Open a public GitHub pull request.

Browse its changed files and inspect a diff.

Select a complete hunk or a contiguous range of hunks.

Add a question or…

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