r/github is a subreddit with 211k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution 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
Pain & Anger
: "Nother day, nother outage"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "GitHub down again. Worth considering alternatives?"
7 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Title: Is maintaining a public GitHub learning repository worth it?"
4 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I built a tiny Git tool for downloading just one file"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Feedback on Robot Car + Project Ideas"
1 post
#6
News
: "Is github down?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/github
#1
Github
: "Github down?"
41 posts
#2
Struggling
37 posts
#3
Annoying
24 posts
#4
Tired
9 posts
#5
Help
8 posts
#6
Tool
6 posts
#7
Error
4 posts
#8
Repo
4 posts
#9
Project
: "I saw my first PR on my Project, and it really means a lot to me."
4 posts
#10
Struggle
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/github
Static Site Generator
1 review
#1
Nikola
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/github
#1
Question
: "Pancake Menu?"
71 posts
#2
Discussion
: "GitHub owes us all an apology and an explanation as to why this is NEVER going to happen again."
60 posts
#3
News / Announcements
: "Thoughts and Prayers for GH right now."
24 posts
#4
Showcase
: "I am officially ditching github"
18 posts
#5
Tool / Resource
: "GitHub was down 2.5 hours yesterday and self-hosted runners went down with it. Is centralized orchestration the actual problem?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/github
Yearly
+52k members(32.2%)
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Last updated: September 5, 2026