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 looking for, career, testing, software testing, and qa, 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?"
15 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I'm building an e-commerce app from scratch and need some recommendations for website visual testing and app testing? Would love some help!"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Suggest some API testing project ideas, please"
3 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I built a mock data tool that handles relational DB seeding, API mocks, and streaming events from one schema"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "I spent 6 months building an AI testing tool, but almost nobody is using it. Did I build the wrong thing?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/softwaretesting
#1
Looking For
22 posts
#2
Career
19 posts
#3
Testing
18 posts
#4
Software Testing
17 posts
#5
Qa
17 posts
#6
Job
16 posts
#7
Automation
9 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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Yearly
+15k members(34.6%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026