r/webdev is a subreddit with 3.3M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses looking for, looking, ai, web, and frontend, and they frequently recommend/review domain registrar, headless cms, and cms.
A community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. For more design-related questions, try /r/web_design.
Popular Themes in r/webdev
#1
Advice Requests
: "Job hunting and preparation"
3 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "I spent the last couple months building an open-source budgeting app, finally at a point where I’m happy with the UI!"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Hey guys, I bought a domain for a work project that I ended up not needing, but the renewal is coming up next year. Any ideas for a cool site I could build so the domain doesn't go to waste? Drop your best ideas—I'll pick one and bring it to life."
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "best sponsorship signaling/backend hosting for open source project?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/webdev
#1
Looking For
34 posts
#2
Looking
31 posts
#3
Ai
: "Is this a dumb idea? llama.cpp + WebGPU = Client-side LLMs"
12 posts
#4
Web
9 posts
#5
Frontend
7 posts
#6
Design
6 posts
#7
Development
6 posts
#8
Built
5 posts
#9
Job
4 posts
#10
Css
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/webdev
Domain Registrar
202 reviews
#1
NameCheap
4.1★ from 49 reviews
#2
Cloudflare
4.4★ from 33 reviews
#3
PorkBun
4.2★ from 18 reviews
Headless Cms
174 reviews
#1
Strapi
4.3★ from 27 reviews
#2
Sanity
4.5★ from 24 reviews
#3
Directus
4.4★ from 15 reviews
Cms
117 reviews
#1
Sanity
4.4★ from 10 reviews
#2
Strapi
4.1★ from 8 reviews
#3
WordPress
4.3★ from 8 reviews
Flair Used in r/webdev
#1
Showoff Saturday
: "TIL that you can connect to IPv4 addresses like 192.168.1.1 in your browser through it's decimal form: 3232235777"
23 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Why does everyone assume AI has replaced the other side of the stack?"
16 posts
#3
Question
: "What is the best monitor or desk setup for coding?"
11 posts
#4
Resource
: "Enforcing Best Practices with Jev as a Linter using Plain English Rules"
4 posts
#5
Article
: "I Tested 11 HTTP Resilience Libraries"
1 post
#6
News
: "Example.com changed again !"
1 post
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Yearly
+206k members(6.6%)
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Last updated: October 6, 2026