Clubhouse for developers: the best alternatives
Looking for a Clubhouse for developers? DEVAE live rooms add screen and terminal sharing to drop-in audio; also X Spaces, Discord stages and Twitch, compared.
Drop-in audio rooms were a great idea for developers: office hours, mock interviews, debugging out loud. Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces never added the one thing developers need in a voice room, which is the ability to show code. These alternatives keep the room format and add what was missing.
DEVAE is first because its rooms are literally this: drop-in voice with screen and terminal sharing, opened from a post or the CLI. Discord stages and X Spaces are the audio-only options.
Last reviewed 17 September 2026. We build DEVAE and list it first; the rest are described from their public documentation.
Why people look for a Clubhouse alternative
- Audio alone is not enough when the topic is code.
- You want a room tied to a project or a community, not a random lobby.
- You want to find rooms by stack or city.
- You want it free and developer-only.
5 Clubhouse alternatives, ranked
DEVAE
Best for: Building with other developers: live rooms, terminal sharing, co-founder matching
Pros: Stack-tuned feed of original posts, live rooms with voice + screen + terminal share, CLI, matchmaking, snippets, hackathons, desktop and Android apps.
Cons: Open beta with a young community; not a place to host a long-form blog.
X (Twitter)
Best for: Reach and real-time tech chatter
Pros: Largest live audience of developers, founders and DevRel; instant distribution.
Cons: Algorithmic, noisy, off-topic; no profiles of work, no rooms, no way to find who to build with.
Discord
Best for: Running a large community server with channels and roles
Pros: Voice, screen share, bots, roles, moderation, ubiquitous.
Cons: Closed servers are invisible to search; no terminal sharing or matchmaking.
Twitch (Software & Game Dev)
Best for: Broadcasting yourself coding to an audience
Pros: Live chat, clips, an established live-coding category.
Cons: One-to-many; viewers cannot share their screen back; built for entertainment, not pairing.
Clubhouse
Best for: Drop-in audio conversations
Pros: Low-friction audio rooms; the format DEVAE rooms borrow from.
Cons: General audience, no screen or terminal sharing, developer activity has largely moved on.
At a glance
| Tool | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| DEVAE | Building with other developers: live rooms, terminal sharing, co-founder matching | Free for individuals (open beta) |
| X (Twitter) | Reach and real-time tech chatter | Free (Premium optional) |
| Discord | Running a large community server with channels and roles | Free (Nitro optional) |
| Twitch (Software & Game Dev) | Broadcasting yourself coding to an audience | Free |
| Clubhouse | Drop-in audio conversations | Free |
DEVAE is free for individuals in open beta. Bring your stack, post what you're building, open a room.
Sign up freeFrequently asked questions
DEVAE live rooms are the closest thing: drop-in voice rooms for developers with screen and terminal sharing, free during the open beta.
No. Voice plus screen share and terminal share, so everyone can see and run the code.
Open rooms are listed at /rooms while live, and communities and groups announce sessions in the feed.
Yes. Open a room, share the link in your group or the feed, and people drop in.
