Awesome Expat

July 13, 2026 · View on GitHub

A curated list of resources for expat developers

Destination

  • Expatisan - The original source for International Cost-of-Living Comparisons
  • Numbeo - Check the cost of living of different cities, compare them, and more (info about other living aspects, like crime, traffic, quality of life, etc)
  • Teleport - Explore and compare the best cities based on your personal preferences.
  • ReloMap - Free cost of living comparison for 208 cities with verified data, tax calculator, visa guides, and 3,000+ in-depth city guides.
  • Visa Income Calculator - Free tool showing which countries' 2026 residence and digital-nomad visas you qualify for by income, plus an Affordability Index ranking each visa's income requirement against local cost of living.
  • Transita - AI visa-pathway matcher: answer a short quiz and get ranked residence/work visa options across 10 countries (US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Ireland) with eligibility scores, processing times, costs, official sources, side-by-side comparisons, and points calculators.

Jobs

Compensation

  • Glassdoor - Compare compensation between companies and positions

Temporary accommodation

Flights

  • Sky Scanner - Compare cheap flights, hotels & car hire from different providers
  • Google Flights - Find cheap flights in seconds, explore destinations on a map, and sign up for fare alerts
  • Kiwi - Cheap flights, trains, hotels, and car hire with 24/7 customer support & the Kiwi.com Guarantee.

Knowing about

Germany

Berlin

Italy

  • TaxCompass - AI tax co-pilot for foreigners opening a business in Italy: sourced, English-native answers on the forfettario regime, partita IVA, INPS and ATECO codes, with a licensed commercialista who signs off before you file. Free to use.

Korea

  • Awesome Living in Korea - Curated list of resources for foreign residents in Korea: visa categories, ARC registration, housing (jeonse/wolse), NHIS health insurance, banking, taxes, work, and Korean government portals. Available in English, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Russian, and Chinese.

Nordics (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland)

  • NordicExpat - Comprehensive relocation guides for non-EU expats moving to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Covers banking (Wise, Revolut), housing, taxes, healthcare, visas, and everyday life. Includes free tools: Copenhagen zone calculator, Nordic tax calculators, and country-specific benefit guides. 160+ in-depth articles authored by an expat in the region.

Interviewing

  • Awesome Interview Questions - A curated awesome list of lists of interview questions.
  • HackerRank - Practice coding. Compete. Find jobs.
  • Interview - Everything you need to kick ass on your coding interview.
  • interviewing.io - Practice interviewing with engineers from top companies, anonymously. Get better at algorithmic problems, find a job, or just see if you've still got it.

Education

Technical

Languages

  • Duolingo - Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language.
  • Memrise - Memrise uses images and science to make learning easy and fun.
  • Babbel - Another language learning app that's closer to a language course.

Finances

  • Equity Compensation Guide - Stock options, RSUs, taxes — a guide for humans.
  • Wise - Transfer money abroad easily and quickly with our low-cost money transfers.
  • Xoom - The easiest way to send money, reload phones, and pay bills worldwide.
  • German Salary Calculator - The calculator will assist you in determining how much of your gross salary will remain after taxes and social contributions have been deducted.
  • FEIE vs Foreign Tax Credit Calculator - Free, no-signup calculator for US citizens abroad: runs both tax elections (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion / Form 2555 and the Foreign Tax Credit / Form 1116) on official 2025/2026 IRS brackets and shows which one keeps more.
  • Nordic Take-Home Pay Calculator - Free, no-signup gross-to-net salary calculators for Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland on official 2026 tax rates, plus feriepenge (holiday pay), dagpenge, and gross-up tools.
  • US Expat Tax Guide: Maintaining Florida Domicile - Free 2026 guide for US citizens abroad on legally eliminating state income tax by keeping domicile in a no-tax state, alongside federal exclusions and filing requirements.
  • Awesome Digital Nomads - Curated, link-checked list of tools and resources for digital nomads: finance and FIRE, visas, insurance, eSIMs, accommodation, and communities.
  • Banking Access Index - Free CC-BY dataset of which 18 US banking providers accept non-US-resident business owners, across 8 countries — 239 claims verified against published policies, with CSV/JSON downloads.

Misc

  • SeeYourFolks - We’re so busy growing up that we sometimes forget that they are also growing old.
  • IDPhotoSnap - Free browser-only passport, visa, residence permit, and biometric ID photo tool for 100+ countries (248 document formats). Validated against 15+ official issuing-authority sources. No upload, no signup, no watermark. Useful for expat document renewals at consulates (passport-of-origin), host-country residence permits (BRP, TIE, PR Card, Aufenthaltstitel, Verblijfsvergunning, etc.), and visa applications when relocating again.