/r/github/

r/github

206k members
r/github is a subreddit with 206k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses github, struggling, annoying, tired, and help, and they frequently recommend/review static site generator.
A subreddit to discuss GitHub's platform, products and features. This is not the place to ask about projects that are hosted on GitHub. Not affiliated with GitHub, Inc. Please note that r/git exists and is a better place to ask Git-related questions.

Popular Themes in r/github

#1
Solution Requests
: "GitHub banned me without warning, and support is ghosting me—how do I escalate?"
8 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "App to Monitor GitHub Actions. Looking for feedback"
7 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Built Github Action for Marketplace after my 2 paying customers requested it the most."
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "github actions secrets not working"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "This must exist right? AI-assisted repo discovery / searching"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "Manually force a bill payment?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/github

#1

Github

: "What Github task do you still do manually?"
41 posts
#2

Struggling

37 posts
#3

Annoying

24 posts
#4

Tired

9 posts
#5

Help

8 posts
#6

Github Actions

: "My git log said "fix ci" 11 times in a row, so I'm building a debugger for Github Actions. Tell me why this is a bad idea."
4 posts
#7

Struggle

3 posts
#8

Bug

3 posts
#9

Hate

3 posts
#10

Repo

: "Drop that one github Repo that changed your life?"
3 posts

Products Discussed in r/github

#1
Nikola
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/github

#1
Question
: "GitHub logo used in a cat food"
54 posts
#2
Showcase
: "The Oops!!! 500 design is cool"
50 posts
#3
Discussion
: "An analysis of 25,264 agent-generated PRs across 2,361 popular GitHub repositories found that AI-coding agents are killing collaboration."
43 posts
#4
Tool / Resource
: "Rage baiting the github bots"
19 posts
#5
News / Announcements
: "GitHub quietly rolled out an update to the repository sidebar that sorts all topic tags"
6 posts

Member Growth in r/github

Yearly
+50k members(32.2%)

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Last updated: August 6, 2026