r/opensource is a subreddit with 359k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses open source, open source, looking for, software, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review screen recorders, 2fa app, and budgeting 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
Advice Requests
: "[feedback request] DrakoFlow – A serverless, open-source text-to-diagram tool with drag-to-text serialization"
3 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Someone Should Build This: “Who Owns What?” – A Transparency App for Corporate Ownership, Wealth, and Influence"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I built a local tracker for DeFlock / ALPR surveillance expansion (AI warning)"
1 post
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Supply Chain Attack - Shai Hulud"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/opensource
#1
Open Source
46 posts
#2
Open Source
: "Tuta & Proton: An Open Source Client Does Not Result in an Open Source Service"
32 posts
#3
Looking For
26 posts
#4
Software
19 posts
#5
Ai
: "Built an open-source MCP server so Ai agents can finally work with GSTIN, IFSC, UPI and other Indian APIs"
19 posts
#6
Tired
15 posts
#7
Tool
: "How to Find that open source app(for windows) is safe to use or not ?"
13 posts
#8
Struggling
12 posts
#9
Local
: "Built a free self-hosted music app for people with large Local music libraries, and I call it BoogieBox."
11 posts
#10
Hate
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/opensource
Screen Recorders
18 reviews
#1
OBS Studio
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Peek
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
OBS
5.0★ from 2 reviews
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
Flair Used in r/opensource
#1
Promotional
: "All Italian legislation, free, on GitHub in Markdown."
36 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Google Under Fire for 'Scrubbing' Abuse Claims Involving Israeli Minister's Daughter Amid Paedophile Cult Allegations"
7 posts
#3
Community
: "EU's tech sovereignty package includes 29 pages on Open Source, says Open Source Initiative"
4 posts
#4
Alternatives
: "Open source thermal modeling solutions?"
2 posts
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Yearly
+85k members(31.2%)
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Last updated: June 11, 2026