r/github↗
Github: social coding
A subreddit to discuss GitHub's platform, products and features. This is not the place to ask about projects that are hosted on GitHub. Not affiliated with GitHub, Inc. Please note that r/git exists and is a better place to ask Git-related questions.
218k subscribers308 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)280 authors / mosince 2010
r/github has 218k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 308 posts a month from 280 people. Top topics: GitHub Repositories and Pull Requests, Git Commands & Practices and Code Editors & Extensions.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- GitHub Repositories and Pull Requests18%
- Git Commands & Practices4.9%
- Code Editors & Extensions0.5%
- Open Source Projects0.5%
- Unity Development Tools0.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Microsoft
- Git
- Codeberg
- npm
- Claude Code Docs
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