Developers Meetups in Chicago
Chicagoland has a thriving developer community spanning frontend, backend, mobile, cloud, and open source. These 7 groups bring together engineers at every level — from bootcamp grads to principal engineers — with 24,000+ members across the region.
ChiPy (Chicago Python User Group)
6,500+One of the world's most active Python user groups, meeting monthly since 2003 with talks, mentorship, and special interest groups
Digital Delivery Chicago
4,800+Meetup for everyone involved in designing, managing, building, and shipping great software — formerly Chicago JavaScript
GDG Chicago
4,200+Google Developer Group chapter with tech talks, study jams, and workshops on Android, Angular, Chrome, GCP, and Google Maps API
Chicago Node.js
3,100+JavaScript enthusiasts exploring Node.js for server-side use cases from data pipelines to GraphQL and developer tooling
GDG Cloud Chicago
2,400+Community for anyone interested in cloud computing, primarily Google Cloud, with talks and workshops
ChicaGo (Go Language)
1,800+Chicago Go programming language community meeting monthly for talks, networking, and collaboration
React Native Chicago
1,200+Building the React Native community in Chicago with beginner and advanced topics driven by users