r/opensource is a subreddit with 369k members. The community frequently discusses open source, looking for, software, tired, and open source, and they frequently recommend/review 2fa app, budgeting software, and accounting software, and the most common flair used is promotional, discussion, alternatives, community, and off-topic.
A subreddit for everything open source related (for this context, we go off the definition of open source here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source)
Popular Topics in r/opensource
#1
Open Source
46 posts
#2
Looking For
26 posts
#3
Software
19 posts
#4
Tired
15 posts
#5
Open Source
12 posts
#6
Struggling
12 posts
#7
Hate
9 posts
#8
Ai
9 posts
#9
Code
7 posts
#10
Tool
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/opensource
2fa App
10 reviews
#1
2FAS
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Aegis
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Ente
4.0★ from 1 review
Budgeting Software
10 reviews
#1
GnuCash
2.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Equonomize
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Firefly III
5.0★ from 1 review
Accounting Software
9 reviews
#1
GnuCash
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Gnomeshade
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
LedgerSMB
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/opensource
#1
Promotional
: "I got tired of being tracked by Windows, which I need for work, so I built my own telemetry blocker"
29 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Governments keep calling open source critical infrastructure. The test is whether they fund boring maintenance."
7 posts
#3
Alternatives
: "FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System"
2 posts
#4
Community
: "Meet Repaint - free, opensource, offline painting app."
1 post
#5
Off-Topic
: "Open Source Reddit Clone for democratizing creating online forums"
1 post
Member Growth in r/opensource
Yearly
+90k members(32.3%)
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Last updated: July 17, 2026