r/sysadmin is a subreddit with 1.3M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses annoying, struggling, frustrating, tired, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review ticketing system, remote desktop software, and ticketing software.
A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.
Popular Themes in r/sysadmin
#1
Advice Requests
: "Starting my first “true” SysAdmin role next week — any advice?"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What open-source inventory management tool do you recommend?"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "After 14 years in IT, I feel like I can’t keep up anymore"
5 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Switching laptop vendors"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/sysadmin
#1
Annoying
21 posts
#2
Struggling
20 posts
#3
Frustrating
18 posts
#4
Tired
14 posts
#5
Hate
13 posts
#6
It
10 posts
#7
Windows
8 posts
#8
Struggle
6 posts
#9
Microsoft
5 posts
#10
Issue
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/sysadmin
Ticketing System
611 reviews
#1
Spiceworks
4.0★ from 50 reviews
#2
Freshdesk
4.0★ from 48 reviews
#3
OsTicket
3.8★ from 39 reviews
Remote Desktop Software
219 reviews
#1
BeyondTrust
4.5★ from 14 reviews
#2
AnyDesk
4.3★ from 11 reviews
#3
ConnectWise
4.0★ from 10 reviews
Ticketing Software
209 reviews
#1
Spiceworks
3.8★ from 22 reviews
#2
osTicket
3.7★ from 18 reviews
#3
ManageEngine
4.2★ from 13 reviews
Flair Used in r/sysadmin
#1
Question
: "My boss wants me to set an extremely easy login password and re use it across all of our vendor portals, what to do?"
34 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "Am I the only one not worried about AI making sysadmins redundant?"
19 posts
#3
Rant
: "Technical screening with recruiters and Talent Acquisition feels like playing Jeopardy with a golden retriever.."
10 posts
#4
Microsoft
: "Friendly reminder that next month Microsoft is ending support for Office 2021"
5 posts
#5
Career / Job Related
: "After 14 years in IT, I feel like I can’t keep up anymore"
4 posts
#6
Advertising
: "Tired of walking users through certmgr.msc for YubiKey PIV enrollment, so I built an open-source standalone GUI enroller."
3 posts
#7
Work Environment
: "Update 2: Hospitality Guy in IT"
2 posts
#8
ChatGPT
: "ChatGPT Enterprise and Outlook plugin"
1 post
#9
Workplace Conditions
: "Advice and Motivation but no mean/harsh ones. I'm already in here and it's paying my bills."
1 post
#10
Off Topic
: ""You're a f***ing killer, how do you know that ?""
1 post
Member Growth in r/sysadmin
Yearly
+161k members(13.9%)
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Last updated: September 18, 2026