/r/opensource/

r/opensource

400k members
r/opensource is a subreddit with 400k members. The community frequently discusses open source, i, got, tired, and of, and they frequently recommend/review 2fa app, budgeting software, and accounting software, and the most common flair used is promotional, discussion, and alternatives.
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

5 posts
#2

I

4 posts
#3

Got

4 posts
#4

Tired

4 posts
#5

Of

4 posts
#6

So

4 posts
#7

It

4 posts
#8

Software

3 posts
#9

Hate

3 posts
#10

For

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
#1
GnuCash
2.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Equonomize
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Firefly III
5.0★ from 1 review
#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
: "We open-sourced the AWS audit we run for every new client (Apache-2.0)"
8 posts
#2
Discussion
: "What smartwatch options are there?"
1 post
#3
Alternatives
: "does "eCantorix NG" exist?"
1 post

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Yearly
+98k members(32.4%)

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Last updated: November 5, 2026