Developer and data platforms
Code hosts, package registries and research repositories. If you publish code, data or research, each project page can link back to your site.
15 places14 checked on a live pageLast checked
Sorted by link type, how easy it is to get listed, check date and site popularity.
- FollowedInstantThe Website field on your profile cardChecked 1 Nov 2026
A non-profit code host run on Forgejo. The website field on profiles had no nofollow when we checked, unlike GitHub and GitLab.
Good to know: The profile Website field link was followed. A second link on the same profile, in the bio, was nofollow, so links you add in text don't get the same treatment.
Tranco rank 3,547. Steps and full check
- FollowedInstantRelated works and the description on your recordChecked 1 Nov 2026
CERN's open repository for research, data and software. Every record gets a DOI, and links in Related works were followed when we checked.
Good to know: Files can only be changed for 45 days after you publish. You can edit the details at any time.
Tranco rank 3,562. Steps and full check
- FollowedInstantThe website link in your profile headerChecked 1 Nov 2026
DEV is a big community of developers writing posts. The website link on your profile was followed when we checked.
Good to know: See also DEV posts, under publishing platforms: links inside articles were followed too.
Tranco rank 3,741. Steps and full check
- MixedInstantThe Website link on your profileChecked 1 Nov 2026
The developer Q&A site. The Website field on profiles had no nofollow on the two profiles we checked; links in the About me text did.
Good to know: Both profiles we checked belong to very active, high-reputation members. We haven't confirmed that a new account gets the same followed link.
Tranco rank 542, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe Website field under your bioChecked 1 Nov 2026
Your developer profile. The link won't move rankings, but it ties your code, your name and your site together for people and search engines.
Good to know: Links in a profile README are nofollow too.
Tranco rank 34. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe website link in the About box of your repositoryChecked 1 Nov 2026
Every public repository has an About box with a website link. Popular repositories rank well and get read by developers deciding what to use.
Tranco rank 34. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantLinks in your item's descriptionChecked 1 Nov 2026
Anyone can upload media, books and documents to the Internet Archive. Your description can link back to your site.
Good to know: Description links are nofollow and ugc.
Tranco rank 150. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe website link in your profile headerChecked 1 Nov 2026
GitLab's profile has a website field like GitHub's.
Tranco rank 374. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe Website field on your organisation pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
The main registry for container images. An organisation page with a website link sits next to your images.
Tranco rank 535. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe homepage link in your profile or organisation headerChecked 1 Nov 2026
The hub for AI models and datasets. If you publish models, datasets or demos, your profile is where AI builders find you.
Tranco rank 1,079. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe Homepage link in your package's sidebarChecked 1 Nov 2026
Every JavaScript package on npm shows the homepage from its package.json. If you publish a package, that's a link from one of the most visited developer sites.
Tranco rank 2,031, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantProject links in the sidebar of your PyPI pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
The Python package index shows every link from your project's metadata in its sidebar.
Tranco rank 2,518. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe links in your profile headerChecked 1 Nov 2026
Front-end developers share small demos here. A good pen gets embedded and shared, with your profile one click away.
Good to know: Profile links carry ugc and nofollow.
Tranco rank 4,248, read by hand in a browser. Steps and full check
- NofollowInstantThe homepage link on your package pageChecked 1 Nov 2026
The PHP package repository behind Composer. Useful if you build for WordPress, Laravel or any PHP stack.
Good to know: Packagist marks these links nofollow, ugc and noindex.
Tranco rank 4,620. Steps and full check
- Not checkableInstantThe 'Try it out' links on a project page, plus the website field on your portfolio profileTried 1 Nov 2026Couldn't check: the reason is under More
The home of online hackathons. Every submitted project gets a public page with a description, team and outside links.
Why not checked: Our checker gets a 403 from Devpost pages even though they open in a browser, so we couldn't read the live link with it.
Good to know: A plain curl of one project page showed its outside link marked nofollow, but that is not the checker's reading, so we leave the verdict unchecked.
Outside the Tranco top million. Steps and full check
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What these links do for you
- A project page is a natural place for your site link, so it never looks like link building.
- Developers and AI tools read these pages when they look for libraries and data.
- Package registries and research repositories keep pages up for as long as the project exists.