XDA Developers

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XDA

Available in	English
Owner	Valnet Inc., Canada Wesley Townsend (founder)
URL	www.xda-developers.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Free, required to participate
Launched	2002; 22 years ago (2002)

XDA (formerly known as XDA Developers) is a mobile software development community launched on 20 December 2002.^[1][2] Although discussion primarily revolves around the Android operating system, members also talk about other operating systems and mobile software development topics.

Many software and hardware hacks, Android rooting methods, Android custom ROMs and other phone- and tablet-specific tweaks originate from the members of the XDA Forum.

XDA also hosts the XDA Portal, a source for tech news, products, guides, and features which launched in 2010.^[3]

Montreal-based Valnet Inc. acquired XDA along with four other websites—Pocketnow, AppAdvice, BackyardBoss and Hook&Bullet—from Busy Pixel Media in February 2022.

In 2023, FeedSpot listed XDA (with 11 million members) as the largest mobile software development forum and among the top 70 technology forums to follow.^[4]