DEVAE vs Polywork
DEVAE vs Polywork: Polywork is a multi-role professional timeline for anyone; DEVAE is a developer-only network where the profile is built from shipped work, rooms and snippets, with live collaboration.
Polywork is a professional network where people of any profession post "highlights" to a timeline that doubles as a personal site. DEVAE is a social platform only for developers, where the profile is proof of work built from posts, snippets and rooms, and where you can collaborate live with screen and terminal sharing.
Polywork is broader and prettier as a personal page, especially for people with several roles. DEVAE is narrower and more useful for the daily reality of a developer: you want a reviewer for this PR, a partner for this hackathon, or a room to debug in. If you want a beautiful page that says what you do, Polywork. If you want people who will do it with you, DEVAE.
Last reviewed 17 September 2026. We build DEVAE; details about Polywork come from its public documentation and may change.
Feature comparison
| Feature | DEVAE | Polywork |
|---|---|---|
| Live collaboration rooms | Yes | No |
| Screen + terminal sharing | Yes | No |
| CLI | Yes (@devae/cli) | No |
| Co-founder / collaborator matching | Yes | Badges only |
| Developer feed | Yes | General professional feed |
| Code snippets with collaborators | Yes | No |
| Hackathons / events | Yes | No |
| Free for individuals | Yes (open beta) | Free (paid tiers) |
| Desktop app | macOS, Windows, Linux | No |
Where each one shines
DEVAE is strong at
- Developer-only, with a feed tuned to your stack.
- Live rooms with voice, screen share and terminal share.
- Snippets you can co-edit and fork; a CLI for opening rooms from the repo.
- Co-founder and teammate matching; groups; stack and city communities.
- Profiles that update automatically from what you ship.
Polywork is strong at
- Highlight-based timeline that works as a personal website with custom domains.
- Multi-role identity: developer, writer, speaker, founder on one page.
- Collaboration badges that advertise what you are open to.
Who should pick which
Pick DEVAE if
- You are a developer and want a developer-only network.
- You want to collaborate live rather than announce highlights.
- You want matching, groups and community by stack or city.
Pick Polywork if
- You have several professional roles and want one page for all of them.
- You want a personal site with a custom domain, quickly.
- You are not primarily writing code.
Try DEVAE alongside what you already use. Free for individuals in open beta.
Sign up freeFrequently asked questions
Yes. It covers the profile and feed, and adds live rooms, terminal sharing, snippets and matching that Polywork does not have.
Your public profile at devae.co/<username> is indexable and shows your work, links and stack, but it is not a custom-domain website builder like Polywork.
Matching on DEVAE is active rather than a badge: you say what you are building and what you are missing, and get matched with people who complement you.
Both have free tiers. DEVAE is free for individuals during the open beta.
