r/github is a subreddit with 210k 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
: "Are we being stupid by depending this heavily on GitHub Actions?"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to log into gh cli using an organization fine-grained access token instead of a personal user one?"
5 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Close issue on fix and release vs release and close issue?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "To Gitea, Forgejo, Gitlab...?"
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Cursor is launching a GitHub competitor. Is this a land grab for the developer stack?"
2 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I built a tiny Git tool for downloading just one file"
1 post
#7
News
: "Aren't a 2+ hours outage worth a brief news?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/github
#1
Github
: "Github down?"
44 posts
#2
Struggling
37 posts
#3
Annoying
24 posts
#4
Tired
9 posts
#5
Help
8 posts
#6
Tool
: "I built a small Python Tool to replace MP3s with FLACs without messing up playlists"
6 posts
#7
Repo
: "I built a free tool to bulk delete GitHub Repos (because the UI makes it painful)"
5 posts
#8
Error
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
Discussion
: "Cursor is launching a GitHub competitor. Is this a land grab for the developer stack?"
38 posts
#2
Question
: "Microsoft, are you going broke? Why is download speed from github like 1 kb/s"
38 posts
#3
News / Announcements
: "Pull requests down?"
23 posts
#4
Showcase
: "I am officially ditching github"
21 posts
#5
Tool / Resource
: "I found a website giving 175$ in claude AI for free for github users"
9 posts
Member Growth in r/github
Yearly
+52k members(32.5%)
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Last updated: August 27, 2026