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[[Category:Community]]

A range of Haskell User Groups are springing up all over.

== Online communities ==

* Official [https://discourse.haskell.org/ discourse] forum

* [https://discordapp.com/channels/280033776820813825 discord] <em>Haskell</em> subchannel on <em>Functional Programming</em> channel

=== Reddit ===
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/ /r/haskell]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellgamedev /r/haskellgamedev]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/haskelltil /r/haskelltil]
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/haskellquestions /r/haskellquestions]

=== Facebook Groups ===
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/programming.haskell Programming Haskell]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning.haskell Learning Haskell]

== User groups ==

Regular meetings in a particular geographical area. Great if you want to see and meet other Haskellers.


===Africa===

====South Africa====
; [http://www.meetup.com/lambda-luminaries/ Lambda Luminaries] : Functional programming user group based in Centurion, Gauteng.

===Asia===

====China====
;[http://lisp.org.cn/en/ China Lisp User Group]
:China Lisp User Group (CLUG) is the earliest founded Lisp user group in China. 

====Hong Kong====
;[http://www.meetup.com/HK-Functional-programming/ Hong Kong Functional Programming User Meetup Group]

====Iran====
;[https://t.me/ifpc_group/ Haskell Iran Group]
: Telegram group that discuss about functional solutions, Haskell QA and meetups. To join, open this link: https://t.me/ifpc_group

====Japan====
;[https://haskell.jp/ Japan Haskell Users Group (Haskell-jp)]
:blog, slack, recipes, events (meetings) and more

;[http://www.starling-software.com/en/tsac.html Tokyo Society for the Application of Currying]

;[http://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-Haskell-Meetup/ Tokyo Haskell Meetup]
:Casual monthly meetings to help each other learn Haskell

====Singapore====
;[https://www.meetup.com/HASKELL-SG HASKELL.SG Meetup]

===Europe===

==== Belgium ====

;[[Ghent Functional Programming Group]]
:The Ghent Functional Programming Group will be having its first meeting on April 1, 2010.

;[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/leuven-haskell Leuven Haskell User Group]
:The Leuven Haskell User Group was launched on March 3, 2015 and meets every two weeks.

==== Czech Republic ====

;[https://fpbrno.github.io Functional Programming Brno]

==== Estonia ====

;[https://www.meetup.com/tallinn-haskell-user-group/ Tallinn Haskell User Group]

==== Finland ====

;[https://www.meetup.com/Helsinki-Haskell-Users-Group/ Helsinki Haskell Users Group]

==== France ====

;[[Fr/Haskell]]
:The Strasbourg HUG meets monthly in an informal setting. Level is very low and newbies are very welcome.

==== Germany ====

;Curry Club Augsburg
:http://curry-club-augsburg.de/

;Berlin HUG
:http://www.meetup.com/berlinhug/

;Haskell in Frankfurt
: <ul><li>[http://www.meetup.com/Frankfurt-Haskell-User-Group Frankfurt Haskell User Group] meets monthly.</li><li> [http://wiki.lug-frankfurt.de/Programmierworkshop/aktuell Regular Saturday Workshop] taking place every couple of months. Feel free to join us!</li>

;[http://www.iba-cg.de/hal5.html Haskell in Leipzig]
:Hal, they have videos [http://iba-cg.de/haskell.html online].

;[https://muenchen.haskell.bayern/ Haskell in Munich]
: We had our first meeting on Thursday, 29th of September 2011. We are always looking forward to see new people. If you can make it to Munich, consider joing us!

;[http://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Regensburg-Haskell-Meetup Regensburg Haskell Meetup]
: We meet regularly once a month since 2014. Folks from the Munich and Nuremberg area frequently join.

;Interest for User Groups in Germany
* '''Ulm''': [[HugUlm]]
* '''Mannheim or Heidelberg''': [[User:Cgo|cgo]] ([http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/?title=Special:Emailuser&target=Cgo mail]), [[User:HC|hc]]

==== Greece ====

;[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/haskell-greece/ Haskell Greece Google group]

==== Hungary ====

;[http://www.meetup.com/Bp-HUG Budapest Haskell User Group]
:The Haskell User Group is a group of Haskell enthusiasts who are interested in sharing their knowledge and meeting people who share similar interests. We had our first meeting in September 2013.

==== Iceland ====

;[[Reykjavik Haskell User Group]] Iceland
;[http://groups.google.com/group/haskell-is Currently recruiting members]

==== Israel ====

;[[IsraelHaskell]] User Group
:[http://archive.fo/HKbQG Are getting organised].
* '''Konstanz''': [[User:Thkoch|thkoch]]

==== Italy ====
;[[HaskellITA]]
:We had a first meeting in August 2008 and we now have an active online community.

==== Netherlands ====

;[http://dutchhug.nl/ Dutch HUG]
:The Dutch HUG used to meet monthly in an informal setting.

==== Norway ====

;[http://www.meetup.com/Oslo-Haskell/ Osλo Haskell]
:Osλo Haskell is a group for Haskellers and people interested in Haskell and related languages in and around Oslo. We had our first meeting in March 2014.

==== Poland ====
;[https://www.meetup.com/Monadic-Warsaw Monadic Warsaw] 
We meet irregularly in Warsaw and have presentations in English and then talks over beer about anything of interest to functional programmers and enthusiasts, though Haskell topics appear more often than others. You are kindly welcome!

==== Russia ====

;[http://ruhaskell.org/ Russian community of Haskell-developers]
;[http://spbhug.folding-maps.org Saint-Petersburg Haskell User Group]
;[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mskhug Moscow Haskell User Group]
;[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/haskell-russian haskell-russian mailing list]

==== Switzerland ====

;[http://www.meetup.com/HaskellerZ/ Haskell User Group Zurich]
:We are meeting once a month to share knowledge of and experience with Haskell.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Geneva-Haskell-Group/ Geneva Haskell Group]
:We are a Haskell community in Geneva planning to meet up every week.

==== Turkey ====

;[http://groups.google.com/group/core-haskell?lnk=srg Turkey Haskell Programmer's Group]
:Formed by Turkish Functional Programmers, the group began to communicate via an e-mail list opened by core.gen.tr. The first contribution is hlibev project by Aycan iRiCAN.

;[http://bilfp.wikidot.com/ BILFP (Bilkent University Comp. Eng. Dept. Functional Programming Society)] Turkey 
:Project aims to improve people's knowledge and encourage the use of functional programming languages &mdash; especially in Turkey. Group is open to functional-programming-related discussions and establishes related presentations at Bilkent University that are open to anybody.

==== UK ====
;[http://lambdalounge.org.uk/ Manchester Lambda Lounge]
:We are an active community meeting monthly at the [http://madlab.org.uk/ Madlab] (Manchester Digital Laboratory) to talk about topics in functional programming.

;[http://www.meetup.com/hoodlums/ Hoodlums - Haskell developer meetup]
:Meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Canary Wharf. It is a "Coding Dojo" format where we pick some interesting problem and solve it as a group. 

;[http://www.meetup.com/London-HUG/ London Haskell User Group]
:The main meetings are monthly on the last or fourth Thursday of the month. The group was revived in late 2012.

;[http://www.meetup.com/ed-lambda/ ed lambda (Edinburgh, UK)]
:For functional programming in general, founded by a Haskeller. First meeting will be September 13th 2010.

;[http://groups.google.com/group/oxhug OxHUG - the Oxford Haskell Users Group]
:Meets every other week, currently at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. Discussion session followed by adjournment to a local tavern. Aimed at students, graduates, professionals and enthusiasts.

;[http://groups.google.com/group/fp-southwales fp-southwales], the South Wales Functional Programming User Group
:Starting up in late 2009, based out of Swansea University.

==== Ukraine ====
;[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ltu-kiev LtU-Kiev community]
:Irregular meetups, usually with prepared talks on Haskell and other FP topics.
;[http://www.haskell.od.ua Odessa Haskell User Group]
:Regular informal meetups (approximately once a month) in a pub or cafe

===North America===

====Central====

;[http://leibnizdream.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/new-austin-functional-programmers-group-in-2008/ Austin Functional Programmers Group]
:See the [http://groups.google.com/group/austin-fp discussion group] for more.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Boulder-Haskell-Programmers/ Boulder Haskell Programmers]
: Boulder and Denver (Colorado) area Haskell Programmer Group.  Meetings are focused on practical topics faced by working programmers.  All experience levels are welcome.

;[http://groups.google.com/group/real-world-haskell-book-club/browse_thread/thread/3e8e59768c8c50a9 Colorado Area Haskell Study Group]

;[http://ChicagoHaskell.com Chicago Haskell] — First general meeting in December 2009. — [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/haskell-chicago Mailing List] — [https://twitter.com/ChicagoHaskell @ChicagoHaskell]

;[http://www.meetup.com/DenHUG/ Denver Area Haskell Users Group] -- DenHUG had it's first meeting on 27 Feb 2010.  Next meeting will be 3 Apr 2010.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Haskell-Users-Group/ Houston Haskell Users Group] -- Meets the 1st Monday of every month at [https://txrxlabs.org/ TxRx labs]

;[http://www.lambdalounge.org St. Louis Lambda Lounge] -- Meets the 1st Thursday of the month. Since Dec 2008, Lambda Lounge is a user group in St. Louis organized loosely around the idea of exploring dynamic and functional languages.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Haskell-Users-Group Nashville Haskell Users Group (NHUG)] -- Meets 1st Tuesday of each month.

====East Coast====

;[http://groups.google.com/group/bostonhaskell Boston Haskell Users' Group].
:Meets monthly.

;[http://www.meetup.com/NY-Haskell/ New York Haskell Users Group]
:The NY Haskell Users Group is for all programmers either interested in or experienced with the Haskell programming language. Meets monthly.

;[http://www.meetup.com/lisp-59/ New York Functional Programmers]
:Come and meet like-minded functional programmers in the New York area.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Haskell-DC/ Haskell DC]
:Washington DC area Meetup for Haskell.

;[http://www.lisperati.com/fringedc.html FringeDC Washington]
:Meetings about functional programming languages in Washington DC.

;[http://groups.google.com/group/AFPUG Atlanta Functional Programming Users Group]
:Meet other functional programmers in the Atlanta area.  Join us and geek out!

;Toronto Haskell User Group
:Haskellers of Toronto, unite! We meet at [https://bentomiso.com/events Bento Miso] on the second Wednesday of every month (check the [https://bentomiso.com/events event page] to be sure; it's usually up-to-date). There is also a small organizational [http://groups.google.com/group/toronto-haskell/ mailing list] you can join to keep up to date.

;Toronto Haskell Meetup
:A beginner friendly place to learn about Haskell, ask questions, and meet friendly FP enthusiasts - [https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-evRITRtT/ you can find us on meetup.com]

;[http://www.haskellers-montreal.com/ Haskellers Montreal Group].
:Meets every 2 months on the first Wednesday of that month, currently at Centre [http://cloud.ca Cloud.ca] (previously known as RPM). Talks alternate from expert-level to more newcomer-oriented ones; and we organize through our [http://haskell-meetup.sandreckoning.com/ website], a [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/haskellers-montreal Google group] and a [http://www.meetup.com/Haskellers-Montreal-Meetup/ meetup.com] page.

====West Coast ====

;[http://socalfp.blogspot.com/ SoCal FP Group]

;[http://www.meetup.com/sandiegohug/ San Diego Haskell User Group]
:a Haskell User Group for the San Diego and Tijuana region

;[http://bayfp.org/ The Bay Area Functional Programmers group]
:Meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay area. See [http://bayfp.org/blog their blog] for more details and news of upcoming meetings.

;[http://pdxfunc.org PDXfunc: Portland FP Group]
:Monthly meetings of the Portland, Oregon functional programming group. Meetings occur on the second Monday of each month at 7 pm, typically in Downtown/NW Portland.

;[http://seattlehaskell.org/ Seattle Area Haskell Users' Group]
:Monthly get-togethers serving Seattle and the Eastside (see also [http://meetup.com/SEAHUG/ Meetup.com] for details)

;[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2008-February/038991.html Seattle: Northwest Functional Programming Interest Group]
:a Northwest Functional Programming Interest Group  in Seattle.

;[http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Haskell-Unmeetup/ Vancouver Haskell UnMeetup]
:Monthly interactive sessions, (+10) for joining

===Oceania===
====Australia====

;[http://groups.google.com/group/fp-syd  FP-SYD, the Sydney (Australia) Functional Programming group]
:FP hackers in Sydney.

;[http://sites.google.com/site/fpunion/ (FPU) Melbourne Functional Programming Union]
:The FPU is a collective of functional programming language enthusiasts, which has been in operation since 1998. We are based at the University of Melbourne, in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, but we are open to all members of the community. We meet on a regular basis for lively discussions on topics broadly associated with the declarative programming paradigm.

;[http://bfpg.org/ Brisbane Functional Programming Group (BFPG)] ([http://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-Functional-Programming-Group-BFG/ Meetup page])
:A group for Functional Programming with Haskell, Scala and other languages.

;[http://meetup.com/PerthFP/ Perth Functional Programmers Meetup]
:A group in Perth, WA for Functional Programming with Haskell, Scala and other languages.

===South America===

==== Bolivia ====
; [https://www.facebook.com/groups/111518795538430/ Comunidad Haskell San Simon (CHSS)]
: Haskell user group for Bolivia and spanish speaking community

====Brazil====
;[[User_groups/Brazil|Grupo Brasileiro de Usuários de Haskell]]
: Grupo criado para reunir os desenvolvedores e entusiastas que utilizam Haskell no Brasil

====Ecuador====
; [http://www.meetup.com/Quito-Lambda-Meetup/ Quito Lambda]
: A monthly meetup about functional programming in Quito, Ecuador

== Workshops/meet ups ==

Less regular, and move around. Usually have a few talks from invited speakers.
See the [[Haskell]] homepage for a list of upcoming events.

== Hackathons ==

Getting together to squash bugs and write new stuff. For a list of past and upcoming hackathons, see the [[Hackathon]] page.

== Conferences ==

See the [[Haskell_in_research#Conferences|Haskell in research]] and [[Conferences]] page for academic workshops and conferences
focusing on Haskell and related technology.