r/javascript is a subreddit with 2.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses javascript, nodejs, askjs, lookingfor, and tired, 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
: "Show r/javascript: I’m working on a fork of Mozilla’s PDF.js focused on exploring native PDF editing in the browser."
12 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "[AskJS] I am creator of minify-js.com. Ask me anything."
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I got tired of guessing how my codebase fit together, so I built a CLI that draws real AST-based dependency maps (works for 6 languages)"
2 posts
#4
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?"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Looking for Teammates: Building a Native HTML Component Library (No Shadow DOM)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/javascript
#1
Javascript
: "Javascript TUI Network Throughput Inspection"
73 posts
#2
Nodejs
50 posts
#3
Askjs
: "[Askjs] Barrel files and slice/domain boundaries"
37 posts
#4
Lookingfor
29 posts
#5
Tired
23 posts
#6
Struggling
22 posts
#7
Typescript
: "Announcing Typescript 7.0"
9 posts
#8
React
7 posts
#9
Hate
6 posts
#10
Learning
6 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] Large in-memory caches were causing GC pauses in our Node service, so I built an off-heap cache addon for it"
22 posts
#2
Showoff Saturday
: "Showoff Saturday (June 06, 2026)"
5 posts
#3
Subreddit Stats
: "Your /r/javascript recap for the week of May 18 - May 24, 2026"
3 posts
#4
Removed: Showing off a Project
: "Made a browser Mandelbrot explorer, open to feedback"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/javascript
Yearly
+38k members(1.6%)
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Last updated: July 20, 2026