r/opensource is a subreddit with 374k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses open source, tired, struggling, hate, and open source, and they frequently recommend/review 2fa app, budgeting software, and accounting software.
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
Self-Promotion
: "I got my first contribution from a user to my project on GitHub, and I couldn't have been happier to make that pull request."
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Managing credentials across self-hosted automation? Looking for feedback on an open-source approach"
3 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "MIT license"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/opensource
#1
Open Source
40 posts
#2
Tired
15 posts
#3
Struggling
11 posts
#4
Hate
9 posts
#5
Open Source
8 posts
#6
Software
6 posts
#7
Code
6 posts
#8
Ai
6 posts
#9
Annoying
3 posts
#10
Inventory Management
3 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
: "Released Lanemu P2P VPN 0.14.1 - Open-source alternative to Hamachi/Zerotier/Radmin/etc."
12 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Website with opensource alternatives that actually measure how much is foss ?"
5 posts
#3
Community
: "Why did my AI agent retrieve the wrong memory? I built a debugger for that"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/opensource
Yearly
+91k members(32.2%)
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Last updated: August 4, 2026