Community Groups

Discover active technology communities across Melbourne.

59 groups

A11y Allies

An accessibility community running practical roundtables about inclusive digital products, standards, and testing.

Melbourne

FrontendWeb DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Next: A11y Allies roundtable: Are checklists leaving people out in the cold?

ADAConf

A community conference for software analysis, design, architecture, socio-technical systems, modelling, and collaboration.

Australia

Software Engineering

Next: ADAConf 2026

AI Ops MelbourneRecommended

A Melbourne community exploring practical AI tools and automation.

Melbourne

AIAI AgentsDeveloper Tools

AI/ML/RobotsRecommended

A hands-on community building and learning through AI, machine learning, and robotics projects.

Melbourne

AIMachine LearningAI AgentsSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

AICamp Melbourne

Practical AI developer meetups featuring deep-dive talks, code labs, workshops, and networking.

Melbourne

AIAI AgentsSoftware Engineering

apidays

An international conference community covering API design, security, management, platforms, AI, and digital engineering.

International

BackendSoftware EngineeringAICloud

Next: apidays Australia 2026

AppSec Australia

An Australian application-security community running practitioner-led events and knowledge sharing.

Australia

InfrastructureSoftware Engineering

Australi.ai Victorian ChapterRecommended

A vendor-neutral practitioner network exploring sovereign, secure, and responsible AI in Victoria.

Melbourne

AISoftware EngineeringInfrastructure

Australian Information Security AssociationRecommended

A not-for-profit association and organiser of CyberCon for cyber security professionals.

Australia

InfrastructureSoftware EngineeringAI

Next: CyberCon Melbourne | Australian Cyber Conference

AWS User Group Melbourne

Australia's oldest AWS user group, meeting monthly to share cloud knowledge and practical experience.

Melbourne

CloudInfrastructureDevOps

Next: Melbourne AWS User Group #161 - July 2026

BeerOps

An inclusive Australian technology-networking community connecting practitioners from engineers to technology leaders.

Australia

Software EngineeringCloudInfrastructure

Next: #BeerOps MELBOURNE 2026 - Australia's Largest Tech Networking Event!

CHICCRecommended

A community supporting Victorian digital and connected-health innovators.

Melbourne

AISoftware Engineering

Next: CHICC Expert Workshop | Trust in Healthtech: Security, Compliance & AI

Claude Community Melbourne

Local Claude builders sharing talks, demos, discussions, and projects through the global Claude Community program.

Melbourne

AIAI AgentsDeveloper Tools

Next: Melbourne | Claude Meetup

ClickHouse

The open-source database community behind ClickHouse meetups and user conferences.

International

BackendCloudAIInfrastructureDeveloper ToolsOpen Source

Next: ClickHouse Open House Melbourne 2026

Cloud Native AI SummitRecommended

An independent, vendor-neutral conference covering cloud native, platform engineering, AI infrastructure, and developer experience.

International

CloudPlatform EngineeringAIInfrastructureDevOpsDeveloper ExperienceKubernetes

Next: Cloud Native AI Summit 2026

Data Engineering Melbourne

A community for data engineers sharing practical experience with data platforms, pipelines, and streaming systems.

Melbourne

Big DataData EngineeringBackendCloudInfrastructureSoftware Engineering

Next: Streaming systems, hidden risks, and AI-driven consequences

Data Science Melbourne

A community for data science practitioners discussing analytics, machine learning, and AI.

Melbourne

AIMachine LearningBackendSoftware Engineering

Next: The AI Revolution: Where Data Science Goes Next

DataEngBytesRecommended

An independent, vendor-neutral community conference for data engineering, machine learning, and AI.

Australia

BackendCloudAIMachine LearningSoftware Engineering

Next: DataEngBytes Melbourne 2026

Elixir MelbourneRecommended

A Melbourne community for Elixir and Erlang ecosystem developers and learners.

Melbourne

ElixirBackendSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Next: Elixir Melbourne meetup

Flutter MelbourneRecommended

A community for Flutter and Dart developers featuring talks, coding nights, and project collaboration.

Melbourne

FlutterMobileSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Next: Flutter Melbourne August Coding Night

FP MelbourneRecommended

A functional programming community sharing techniques, languages, and practical experience.

Melbourne

Software EngineeringOpen Source

Next: FP Melbourne Meetup July 2026

GDG Melbourne

Melbourne’s Google Developer Group for local software developers.

Melbourne

KotlinJavaFlutterMobileSoftware Engineering

Next: GDG Melbourne July'26 Meetup!

Gen AI Enthusiasts

An online-only community exploring generative AI.

Online

AIAI AgentsPrompt Engineering

Next: Hermes (AI Agent) Desktop App - discussion/demo#65

Golang MelbourneRecommended

A Melbourne community for people who use and learn Go.

Melbourne

GoBackendSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Hck4GRecommended

An Australian not-for-profit cybersecurity community focused on education, victim support, and ethical technology pathways.

Australia

InfrastructureSoftware Engineering

Next: Hck4G Meetup #0x17 – RIP Essential Eight — What’s Next for Australian Cyber?

InfracodersRecommended

A Melbourne meetup for infrastructure and operations practitioners.

Melbourne

InfrastructureCloudPlatform EngineeringDevOpsSRE

Institute of Instrumentation, Control and AutomationRecommended

A not-for-profit professional community for instrumentation, process control, automation, and robotics.

Australia

Systems ProgrammingDeveloper ToolsSoftware Engineering

Next: IICA Melbourne Technology Expo

ISACA Melbourne ChapterRecommended

A local digital-trust professional community offering development, training, resource sharing, and networking.

Melbourne

InfrastructureSoftware EngineeringAI

KCD AustraliaRecommended

The Australian community behind Kubernetes Community Days conferences.

Australia

KubernetesCloudPlatform EngineeringDevOpsOpen Source

Next: KCD Melbourne 2026

KSUG.AI Melbourne

Curated Melbourne events from the KSUG.AI Australia community.

Melbourne

KubernetesCloudPlatform EngineeringDevOpsSREAI

Next: KSUG.AI Australia #65 - Melbourne Meetup @AWS - 4 Aug 2026

Linux Users of VictoriaRecommended

A Victorian Linux and open-source community running talks, town halls, and practical learning events.

Victoria

LinuxSystems ProgrammingOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Machine Learning & AI Meetup

A Melbourne group learning and discussing machine learning, AI, and applied AI agents.

Melbourne

AIMachine LearningAI AgentsSoftware Engineering

Next: AI Agents: A Crash Course

MelbCSSRecommended

Melbourne’s community meetup for people interested in CSS.

Melbourne

CSSFrontendWeb Development

MelbJSRecommended

Melbourne’s community meetup for JavaScript and TypeScript developers.

Melbourne

TypeScriptJavaScriptFrontendFull StackSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Melbourne .NET User GroupRecommended

A Melbourne user group for .NET developers.

Melbourne

.NETC#Software Engineering

Next: Becoming an Agentic Scrum Master

Melbourne Bitcoin Only / Melbourne BitDevs

A technical Bitcoin community discussing software, tools, research, protocol upgrades, and mining.

Melbourne

Systems ProgrammingOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Next: Melbourne BitDevs

Melbourne CocoaHeadsRecommended

Melbourne’s independent community for Apple platform developers.

Melbourne

iOSmacOSSwiftObjective-CMobileSoftware Engineering

Next: Melbourne Cocoaheads Social Night

Melbourne Compose

A monthly in-person meetup for typed functional programming practitioners, including Haskell and Scala.

Melbourne

HaskellScalaSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Melbourne Linux User GroupRecommended

A monthly community for Linux enthusiasts to learn, share knowledge, and join open-source workshops.

Melbourne

LinuxSystems ProgrammingOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Next: 27th July 2026

Melbourne MLOps Community

A community sharing practices for deploying, operating, and governing machine-learning systems.

Melbourne

AIMachine LearningCloudDevOpsInfrastructureSoftware Engineering

Melbourne SEO CollectiveRecommended

An independent, sales-pitch-free SEO community sharing search knowledge, industry changes, and practical experience.

Melbourne

Web DevelopmentFrontend

Melbourne Tech GuildsRecommended

A collaborative maker community spanning robotics, electronics, mechanics, IoT, coding, and deep tech.

Melbourne

Systems ProgrammingAIOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Next: Melbourne Tech Guilds

OWASP MelbourneRecommended

The Melbourne OWASP chapter community for open application-security education and practitioner discussion.

Melbourne

InfrastructureSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Platform Engineers MelbourneRecommended

A Melbourne community for platform engineering practitioners.

Melbourne

Platform EngineeringCloudSoftware EngineeringDeveloper Experience

Postgres MelbourneRecommended

The Melbourne PostgreSQL community for talks, practical experience, and open discussion.

Melbourne

PostgreSQLDatabases & StorageBackendInfrastructureOpen Source

Next: Postgres Melbourne #2 Meetup

Product Anonymous MelbourneRecommended

A community for product practitioners sharing practical product-management, design, and research experience.

Melbourne

Software Engineering

Next: Reading the Tea Leaves: Developing Product Sense

Product Camp MelbourneRecommended

A volunteer-organised, participant-led unconference for people involved in making products.

Melbourne

Software Engineering

Next: Product Camp 2026

Python MelbourneRecommended

Melbourne’s user group for Python developers and learners.

Melbourne

PythonSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Next: Melbourne Python Meetup – July 2026

Ruby MelbourneRecommended

Melbourne’s community for Ruby developers and learners.

Melbourne

RubyWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Next: Ruby Melbourne Meetup

Rust MelbourneRecommended

Melbourne’s community for Rust users and learners.

Melbourne

RustSystems ProgrammingOpen SourceSoftware Engineering

Next: Rust Melbourne July 2026

SMEC AIRecommended

A practical AI adoption community and support program for Australian small and medium businesses.

Australia

AIDeveloper ToolsSoftware Engineering

Next: Australia's AI Future: The National Strategy, with Lee Hickin, National AI Centre

Tech Leading LadiesRecommended

A community supporting women and gender-diverse technology leaders through practical talks and peer connection.

Melbourne

Software Engineering

Next: Tops, Middles, and a Pile of Cats

Testing Talks

An Australian conference for software testing, test automation, and quality engineering.

Australia

Software EngineeringDeveloper ToolsAI

Next: Testing Talks Conference 2026 | Melbourne

VCMC

A micro community for active founders, developers, and operators sharing practical work built with AI tools.

Melbourne

AIDeveloper ToolsSoftware Engineering

Women CodersRecommended

An inclusive community supporting women who code through technical learning, workshops, and networking.

Melbourne

Software EngineeringDeveloper Tools

Next: Build AI apps with Microsoft Foundry: A hands-on starter session

Women in CloudRecommended

A community supporting women working with cloud technology through technical events and professional connection.

Melbourne

CloudDevOpsSoftware Engineering

Women in Product MelbourneRecommended

A community supporting women in product roles through panels, practical learning, and professional connection.

Melbourne

Software Engineering

Next: Where do you thrive? Your product fit across startup, scale-up & corporate

Write the Docs Australia

An Australian community for technical writers, documentation practitioners, and people interested in better developer documentation.

Australia

Developer ToolsSoftware EngineeringOpen Source

Next: Melbourne: Tech writing in 2026 and beyond

YOW! Conferences

Software development conferences focused on emerging technologies and best practices without commercial hype.

Australia

Software EngineeringDeveloper Tools

Next: YOW! Melbourne 2026