# \#community **URL:** https://forums.swift.org/tag/community/68.md [Latest](https://forums.swift.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.swift.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.swift.org/tags.md) --- ## [Making an official Swift Community Discord server](https://forums.swift.org/t/making-an-official-swift-community-discord-server/71383)
**Author:** [@AliMark71](https://forums.swift.org/u/AliMark71)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/making-an-official-swift-community-discord-server/71383 "2026-07-09T00:32:24Z")
Hi, this is the first time I post something here, I hope it's the beginning of many more great contributions to the Swift lang and community. As to my knowledge, there isn't an official Swift Community Discord server, I… --- ## [Swift on Android talk at iOSoho Meetup (w/ Compose Multiplatform)](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-on-android-talk-at-iosoho-meetup-w-compose-multiplatform/86493)
**Author:** [@marcprux](https://forums.swift.org/u/marcprux)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-on-android-talk-at-iosoho-meetup-w-compose-multiplatform/86493 "2026-05-05T21:33:44Z")
The video from my April 21st talk at iOSoho (@Capital One: A Kotlin & Compose Multiplatform Deep Dive && Swift on Android, Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup) was just posted. My Swift on Android segment … --- ## [Envision WWDC26 — A Global Online WWDC Week Community-driven events for visionOS and Swift Builders](https://forums.swift.org/t/envision-wwdc26-a-global-online-wwdc-week-community-driven-events-for-visionos-and-swift-builders/86044)
**Author:** [@JiaxuLi](https://forums.swift.org/u/JiaxuLi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/envision-wwdc26-a-global-online-wwdc-week-community-driven-events-for-visionos-and-swift-builders/86044 "2026-04-15T14:33:26Z")
:rocket: Envision WWDC26 is coming :soon\_arrow: Envision WWDC26 is an independent, global online community event running alongside WWDC from June 8–12, 2026 (PT) :globe\_showing\_europe\_africa: :man\_technologist:t2:Web… --- ## [Swift Community Event at FOSDEM '26 - Fri Jan 30](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-community-event-at-fosdem-26-fri-jan-30/83620)
**Author:** [@karenchu](https://forums.swift.org/u/karenchu)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-community-event-at-fosdem-26-fri-jan-30/83620 "2026-02-12T13:30:01Z")
Hello everyone! We’ll be planning a Swift community event as a Fringe event for FOSDEM ‘26 – so please mark your calendars for :spiral\_calendar: Fri Jan 30 :spiral\_calendar:! More details to come so stay tuned and check… --- ## [Swift @ FOSDEM ‘26](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-fosdem-26/84031)
**Author:** [@karenchu](https://forums.swift.org/u/karenchu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-fosdem-26/84031 "2026-02-11T07:22:48Z")
Hello everyone, :collision: Swift is showing up in full force at FOSDEM! The community will be hosting a Swift Pre-FOSDEM Community Event on Fri 30 Jan (12:00 - 18:00) AND we have a number of Swift talks at FOSDEM acros… --- ## [Decommissioning the Swift Open Source Slack](https://forums.swift.org/t/decommissioning-the-swift-open-source-slack/76954)
**Author:** [@taylorswift](https://forums.swift.org/u/taylorswift)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/decommissioning-the-swift-open-source-slack/76954 "2025-05-09T23:31:40Z")
happy new year Swifties! as we head into the new year, one thing i personally would really love to leave in 2024 is the “90 day Slack messages hidden” problem which has proven incredibly frustrating and has caused the l… --- ## [Advent of Code 2023](https://forums.swift.org/t/advent-of-code-2023/68749)
**Author:** [@cthielen](https://forums.swift.org/u/cthielen)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/advent-of-code-2023/68749 "2024-11-28T11:45:06Z")
Hi Swift Community! Anyone interested in having a little Swift coding challenge fun? Every December, Eric Wastl publishes a playful set of coding exercises called the “Advent of Code”. He publishes one challenge per da… --- ## [FreeBSD and Swift](https://forums.swift.org/t/freebsd-and-swift/13727)
**Author:** [@Gminfly](https://forums.swift.org/u/Gminfly)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/freebsd-and-swift/13727 "2021-12-05T01:57:47Z")
So Landon Fullers swift-freebsd was active when Swift became open source in Version 2, but is now over 40000 commits behind master. By now besides that version we have an active port of 3.1.1\_5 FreshPorts -- lang/swift:… --- ## [Can you help with the Swift portal on Devtalk?](https://forums.swift.org/t/can-you-help-with-the-swift-portal-on-devtalk/40834)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://forums.swift.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/can-you-help-with-the-swift-portal-on-devtalk/40834 "2020-10-04T12:03:01Z")
Hi all, I hope it’s ok to post this here :-) We’ve been running Devtalk in beta for the last three months now, slowly building out features and getting a feel for the direction of our community. We’ve just pushed our po… --- ## [Available real-time / community resources for new swift programmers?](https://forums.swift.org/t/available-real-time-community-resources-for-new-swift-programmers/12413)
**Author:** [@sbromberger](https://forums.swift.org/u/sbromberger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/available-real-time-community-resources-for-new-swift-programmers/12413 "2018-11-26T05:40:57Z")
Are there active online resources that are available to those of us new to the Swift language where we can ask questions and get help in an interactive fashion? The IRC channel seems to be pretty popular but I'm wonderin…