In Iran, tech communities are active in various cities, aiming to promote education and share knowledge across different programming languages and technologies. Below are some of the main tech communities categorized by city in Iran. Additionally, a small section is dedicated to events outside the country.

❔ Status unknown | 🟢 In-person meeting | 🔴 Virtual meeting | ⚫ Dead community

Contents

• Birjand

• Fasa

• Gilan

• Hormozgan

• Isfahan

• Jahrom

• Karaj

• Kerman

• Khuzestan

• Mashhad

• Qom

• Shiraz

• Tehran

  • Android
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Engineer
  • DevOps
  • Free Knowledge
  • Java
  • Linux
  • Marketing
  • Network
  • Programming
  • Python
  • Rust

• Urmia

• Zanjan

• Virtuals

  • Front-End
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Parch Linux
  • Wikipedia

• Abroad

  • Europe

Birjand

• Birjand Linux Users Group (birlug)      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: birlug.ir
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: Instagram
  • Github: birlug

Fasa

• Fasa Linux User Group (FasaLUG)      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: fasalug.ir
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: LinkedIn • Instagram
  • Github: FasaLug

Gilan

• Gilan's Python User Group (GilPUG)      Since 2020 - 2020
  • In-person meeting: ⚫
  • Social: Instagram
  • Github: gilpug

Hormozgan

• Hormozgan Computer Society      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: Instagram

Isfahan

• Isfahan Linux User Group (IsfahanLUG)      Since 2007 - ?
  • In-person meeting: ❔
  • Site: IsfahanLUG.org & elug.ir

Jahrom

• Jahrom Linux User Group (JahromLUG)      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Channel
  • Social: Instagram

Karaj

• Karaj Linux User Group (KarajLUG)      Since 2008 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: karajlug.org
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: Twitter • Instagram
  • Github: karajlug

Kerman

• Electronics and Embedded      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Channel

khuzestan

• khuzestan Linux User Group (khuzestanlug)      Since 2009 - 2011?
  • In-person meeting: ⚫
  • Site: khuzestanlug.ir

Mashhad

• Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Linux users group (FUMLUG)      Since ? - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: fumlug.um.ac.ir
  • Email: • Mailing List:
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: peertube
  • Git: codeberg.org/FUMLUG

• Mashhad Linux User Group (MashhadLUG)      Since ? - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Channel
  • Social: Twitter
  • Github: mashhadlug

• Mashhad Python User Group (MashhadPUG) • Since ? - ?

  • In-person meeting: ❔
  • Mailing List: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mashhadpug

Qom

• Qom Linux User Group (QomLUG)      Since 2012 - 2017

  • In-person meeting: ⚫
  • Site: mahdimajidzadeh.github.io/qomlug
  • Social: Facebook

• Qom Open Source Community (QomOSC)      Since 2017 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: qomosc.github.io
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Github: QomOSC

Shiraz

• Shiraz Linux User Group (ShirazLUG)      Since ? - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: shirazlug.ir
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: LinkedIn • Twitter • Mastodon • Instagram
  • Github: shirazlug

• Shiraz Tux      Since 2024 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: LinkedIn

Tehran

Android

• Tehran Android Developers (logcat)      Since 2017 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: irlogcat.ir
  • Telegram: Channel
  • Social: Twitter • youtube • Instagram
  • Github: irlogcat

Business Intelligence

• Business intelligence and data mining network(BDN)      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: LinkedIn • Instagram

Data Engineer

• DataEngineerGuys      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: dataengineerguys.com
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: youtube • Instagram

DevOps

• abrha (DevOps and programming)      Since 2023 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: abrh.ir/enjoy
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: Instagram

Free Knowledge

• Free Knowledge Foundation      Since 2011 -2017
  • In-person meeting: ⚫
  • Site: wiki.lfkf.org

Java

• Java Users Group      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: ijug.ir
  • Email: [email protected]

Linux

• Tehran Linux User Group (TehLUG)      Since 2004 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: tehlug.org
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: LinkedIn • Twitter
  • Github: tehlug

• Embedded Linux User Group (E-LUG)      Since 2023 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: elugiran.github.io
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: LinkedIn • youtube
  • Github: elugiran

Marketing

• MUG (Marketing and business development)      Since 2024 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Group

Network

• Iranian Internet Network Operators Group (IRNOG)      Since 2017 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: irnog.net
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: LinkedIn • Twitter • instagram

Programming

• Code connect      Since 2023 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: code-connect.ir
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: LinkedIn • Youtube

• CoffeeDevelop      Since 2024 - Present

  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Telegram: Group • Channel

Python

• Tehran Python User Group (TehPUG)      Since 2013 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: tehpug.ir
  • Email: [email protected] • Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tehpug
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: LinkedIn • Twitter • youtube • Facebook • Mastodon • Instagram • pixelfed
  • Github: tehpug

Rust

• Rust Meetup in Iran      Since 2021 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: ust-meetup.ir
  • Telegram: Group
  • Social: Twitter
  • Github: rust-meetup

Urmia

• UrumLug      Since ? - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: urumlug.ir
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: Twitter • Instagram

Zanjan

• Zanjan Linux User Group      Since 2023 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: zanjanlug.ir
  • Telegram: Group

Virtuals

Front-End

• FrontChapter     
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: frontchapter.ir
  • Telegram: Group • Channel

OpenStreetMap

• OpenStreetMap User Group
  • In-person meeting: 🔴
  • Telegram: Group

Parch Linux

• Parch Linux
  • In-person meeting: 🔴
  • Telegram: English Group • Channel

Wikipedia

• Wikimedians
  • In-person meeting: 🔴
  • Telegram: Group • Channel

Abroad

Europe

• Persian Linux User Group (persianlug)      Since 2023 - Present
  • In-person meeting: 🟢
  • Site: persianlug.com
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telegram: Group • Channel
  • Social: Twitter • Instagram
  • Github: persianlug