r/opensource is a subreddit with 223k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size.
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 Themes in r/opensource
#1
Solution Requests
: "Open-Source Lightweight PDF Reader"
71 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "NAPS2 - FOSS Document Scanning, now with Mac + Linux support, and an SDK"
34 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "CubeTrek - Looking for collaborators (specifically JavaScript/Babylon.js)"
13 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Lowkey getting tired of open sourcing"
2 posts
#5
News
: "npm Package for ReExt React Components Library Exfiltrates Git Credentials"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/opensource
#1
Open Source
: "Open Source groups warn project maintainers about ongoing attacks resembing the manner in which 'Jia Tan' positioned themselves in the XZ/liblzma backdoor"
83 posts
#2
Opensource
: "Book on Opensource "
10 posts
#3
Android
: "LibreOffice Calc alternative on Android"
7 posts
#4
Alternative
: "Your favorite android apps that still doesn't have any open source Alternative?"
7 posts
#5
Linux
: "A Threaded Filename Sanitizer for Linux in Pure C with No Dependencies"
6 posts
#6
License
: "How should I License my first github project that uses a 3rd party library?"
5 posts
#7
Github
: "How should I license my first Github project that uses a 3rd party library?"
4 posts
#8
Open Source
: "Best Open Source and free to use for commercial purposes OS for an ARM gaming handheld?"
4 posts
#9
Documentation
: "Which Documentation you feel has the best UI/ UX? Looking for inspiration."
4 posts
#10
Website
: "Hi everyone, I'm looking for a Website that provides an overview of various open-source software categorized by user themes. Any idea where I can find this?"
4 posts
Popular Posts in r/opensource
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Member Growth in r/opensource
Daily
+80 members(0.0%)
Monthly
+3k members(1.3%)
Yearly
+33k members(17.5%)
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