What is dev.to built with?
DEV Community — A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Tech stack
- CSS: Tailwind CSS
- CDN: Fastly
- Cache: Varnish
- Video: YouTube embed
- Search: Algolia
- SEO: Open Graph
Scores
- Speed: 73/100 (first byte in 583 ms)
- Security headers: grade A
- Carbon: 0.278 g CO₂ per page view (grade B)
- Page weight: 678 KB in 50 requests
Verdict
Dev.to uses Tailwind CSS for styling, Fastly and Varnish for caching and content delivery, and Algolia for search indexing. Its A-grade security posture and dual-layer caching strategy make it exceptionally reliable and fast-loading for a community platform. Adding the missing Permissions-Policy header would close its only meaningful security gap and better control which browser APIs third-party scripts can access.
Scanned 2026-10-30.