r/softwaretesting
59k members
r/softwaretesting is a subreddit with 59k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses testing, looking for, career, qa, and software testing, and they frequently recommend/review automation tool, api framework, and password manager.
Resources and discussions in English about software testing and software quality assurance (QA).
Popular Themes in r/softwaretesting
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is hiring an external QA team worth it?"
12 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need test automation software that doesn’t have per-seat pricing. What should we use?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I am the sole tester of my team, and I feel like a fraud"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I built a completely free ISTQB CTFL v4.0 Simulator (No paywalls, no registration)"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Suggest some API testing project ideas, please"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/softwaretesting
#1
Testing
: "How to organize the Testing acitivities in a large scale open source community project?"
35 posts
#2
Looking For
22 posts
#3
Career
: "Is starting Career as a SDET bad ?"
22 posts
#4
Qa
: "Burned out on automation, but have deep product/domain knowledge. What are my options outside of standard Qa management?"
20 posts
#5
Software Testing
17 posts
#6
Job
16 posts
#7
Automation
: "Burned out on Automation, but have deep product/domain knowledge. What are my options outside of standard QA management?"
12 posts
#8
Tool
8 posts
#9
Qa Job
5 posts
#10
Mentor
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/softwaretesting
Automation Tool
23 reviews
#1
Playwright
4.7★ from 6 reviews
#2
Selenium
3.5★ from 6 reviews
#3
Robot Framework
4.8★ from 4 reviews
Api Framework
6 reviews
#1
Playwright
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Cypress
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
testkit
4.0★ from 1 review
Password Manager
6 reviews
#1
1Password
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
LastPass
4.0★ from 2 reviews
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+15k members(34.4%)
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Last updated: August 13, 2026