r/javascript is a subreddit with 2.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses javascript, askjs, nodejs, lookingfor, and typescript, and they frequently recommend/review framework, backend framework, and headless cms.
Chat about javascript and javascript related projects. Yes, typescript counts. Please keep self promotion to a minimum/reasonable level.
Popular Themes in r/javascript
#1
Self-Promotion
: "I built a JavaScript execution visualizer — call stack, heap memory, and event loop in real time"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Been working on this for the past 72 hours+, how to kill a running execution in js beyond abort controller gymnastics!"
8 posts
#3
Ideas
: "I wrote a deep dive into how LLMs work under the hood - tokenization, embeddings, attention and generation - all explained with runnable JavaScript"
5 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "How to Evaluate an npm Package: A practical checklist for security, maintenance, and provenance"
4 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "There are more than 100 public repos on Github with malicious code that can install Remote Access Trojan on your system and it can spread to all the repos you have access to. Why is GitHub not doing anything about these repos?"
1 post
#6
News
: "Red Hat npm packages reportedly hijacked with a self-propagating JS credential stealer"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/javascript
#1
Javascript
: "I wrote a deep dive into how LLMs work under the hood - tokenization, embeddings, attention and generation - all explained with runnable Javascript"
163 posts
#2
Askjs
: "[Askjs] I am creator of minify-js.com. Ask me anything."
64 posts
#3
Nodejs
53 posts
#4
Lookingfor
30 posts
#5
Typescript
: "Yet Another Typescript SQL query builder using tagged template literals."
24 posts
#6
Built
: "I Built a tiny JS framework to keep business logic clean — would love feedback"
24 posts
#7
React
: "Build Reactive UIs with plain JavaScript functions. No JSX or build step."
23 posts
#8
Tired
23 posts
#9
Struggling
22 posts
#10
Web
: "Building Astro Websites with Almost No JavaScript - Introducing Webuum v0.x"
19 posts
Products Discussed in r/javascript
Framework
27 reviews
#1
Svelte
4.7★ from 6 reviews
#2
React
4.0★ from 6 reviews
#3
Vue
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Backend Framework
26 reviews
#1
NestJS
4.8★ from 6 reviews
#2
Koa
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
ExpressJS
3.3★ from 3 reviews
Headless Cms
15 reviews
#1
Strapi
4.2★ from 6 reviews
#2
Directus
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
Payload CMS
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/javascript
#1
AskJS
: "[AskJS] I am creator of minify-js.com. Ask me anything."
22 posts
#2
Showoff Saturday
: "Showoff Saturday (June 06, 2026)"
6 posts
#3
Removed: Showing off a Project
: "I made a vanilla js space browser game"
3 posts
#4
Subreddit Stats
: "Your /r/javascript recap for the week of May 18 - May 24, 2026"
2 posts
#5
Removed: Where's the javascript?
: "A Practical Back End Engineering Roadmap"
1 post
Member Growth in r/javascript
Yearly
+34k members(1.4%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026