Current
Oracle
Oracle ACE — details
Oracle’s expert recognition program spanning an advocacy pathway and advanced community leadership levels.
Self application / nomination
CATEGORY / 13 TITLES
Programming Languages community titles.
Official recognition programs relevant to programming languages, with entry requirements, perks and sources.
Current
Java Champions / Oracle
Java Champions — details
Peer-recognized leaders who grow the Java ecosystem through technical work, speaking, teaching and community-building.
Peer nomination
Current
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP — details
Microsoft’s long-running recognition for independent technical community leaders.
Referral / nomination
Current
Google Developer Experts — details
Google-recognized experts who teach, speak, mentor and publish on Google technologies.
Referral / nomination
Current
OpenAI
Codex Ambassadors — details
Community organizers, creators and power users who help others build with Codex.
Self application
Current
Hugging Face
Hugging Face Fellows — details
A selective network that amplifies exceptional contributors to the open-source machine-learning ecosystem.
Selective / unknown
Current
GitHub
GitHub Stars — details
GitHub-recognized developers and community leaders with outsized impact through GitHub.
Peer nomination
Needs verification
GitLab
GitLab Heroes — details
GitLab’s documented community contributor recognition with multiple contribution tiers.
Selective / unknown
Current
MongoDB
MongoDB Champions — details
Selective recognition for MongoDB experts who educate, influence and lead the user community.
Nomination / progression
Current
IBM
IBM Champions — details
Community recognition for independent IBM technology advocates who help others learn and build.
Self application / nomination
Current
SAP
SAP Mentors — details
SAP ecosystem experts who share independent perspectives with SAP product teams and executives.
Nomination
Current
SAP
SAP Champions — details
SAP advocates supporting community education, user connections and software adoption.
Nomination
Paused
Postman
Postman Supernovas — details
Historically recognized Postman community event organizers, teachers and API advocates.
Closed / paused