engineerapart/theremotefreelancer

The Remote Freelancer is a community-maintained list of websites where software developers, web designers, and related professionals can find remote freelance and contract work. There is no code in this repository: it is a curated reference document, organized into tables, and kept updated by contributors over time. The list is grouped into several categories. Client platforms are marketplaces where clients post projects and hire freelancers directly, well-known names here include Upwork, Toptal, Freelancer.com, Guru, and Turing. Job boards are sites that list remote employment and contract roles, including We Work Remotely, FlexJobs, and RemoteOK. There are also agency listings for firms that place contractors with clients, specialty boards targeting specific roles like Go developers or machine learning engineers, tools for managing freelance business operations such as contracts and invoicing, and community resources for connecting with other remote workers. Each entry in the tables includes the site's web traffic rank, historically sourced from Alexa and now from SimilarWeb. This rank gives a rough sense of how much visibility a given platform has compared to others. Higher-ranked sites tend to have more active postings and client activity, while lower-ranked options may serve niche audiences, specific regions, or particular technology stacks. The project accepts community contributions so that entries can be added, corrected, or removed as platforms rise and fall in relevance. The README also includes a chart tracking how site rankings have shifted over time. With nearly 7,500 GitHub stars, it has been widely bookmarked by developers and designers looking for a practical starting point when building a freelance client pipeline.