r/software
Software - Anything software-related
Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post
Anything software-related. Please follow our rules to avoid getting punished.
Members
380,243
380K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
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no sample yet
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Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
+1.5%
+5.8K members · ≈36d
Promo tolerance
high
read the sidebar rules first
Last post
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no sample yet
Distinct posters
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Tracking since Aug 10 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
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A community for programmers, discussion of programming, or general technology banter. --- **Guidelines** * Please keep submissions relevant to sub and high quality * Do not ask for help with anything illegal * No surveys * Follow proper [reddiquette](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette). * Refrain from self-promoting websites and YouTube channels --- **Related Info** Do you have programmer humor? Share it with /r/ProgrammerHumor For better visibility, try posting jobs at /r/forhire or
Welcome to /r/AskTechnology! Ask Questions. Get Answers. Discuss Technology. All submission titles must be written in the form of a question, with the primary topic clearly summarized in the title. Please keep discussions civil, on topic, free of anecdotes, free of speculation, advertisement and marketing-free. This is not a subreddit for news or reviews.
For anything funny related to programming and software development.
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r/software — frequently asked
How many members does r/software have?
r/software has 380,243 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 17. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/software growing?
Over the last ≈36 days r/software changed by +1.5% — a gain of 5.8K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/software?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/software yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.
When was r/software created?
r/software was founded in January 2008 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Can I promote my product in r/software?
Our read on r/software is high promo tolerance. It has a promo-friendly culture or a dedicated thread, but that still means being useful first. Always read the sidebar rules before you post; moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.
How do I monitor r/software for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/software into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/software's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/software's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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