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r/unixporn - the home for *NIX customization!

Submit screenshots of all your *NIX desktops, themes, and nifty configurations, or submit anything else that will make ricers happy. Maybe a server running on an Amiga, or a Thinkpad signed by Bjarne Stroustrup? Show the world how pretty your computer can be!

671k subscribers949 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)584 authors / mosince 2011

r/unixporn has 671k members. It gets about 949 posts a month from 584 people. Top topics: i3wm Setup, Window Managers and KDE Plasma Desktop.

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Size and growth

How r/unixporn has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.7%since May 2026 · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 2026670k
Growing670k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2011)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−29%vs Sep 2025 · −4.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026949
QuieterPeaked at 2k in Aug 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/unixporn

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. i3wm Setup4.0%
  2. Window Managers3.5%
  3. KDE Plasma Desktop3.5%
  4. GNOME Desktop Themes3.2%
  5. Rice Themes3.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. wallhaven.cc
  2. KDE Community
  3. Codeberg
  4. Gnome-Look
  5. Unsplash

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research