Can I share my SaaS here?
Only on Showoff Saturday, with the correct flair, and only if it is a project rather than a product. Commercial promotion is banned every day of the week.
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r/webdev rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/webdev: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 3,314,598
- Verified
- September 29, 2026
- Category
- Technical product and developer communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- No vague support questions about WYSIWYG editors or other software.: No vague product support questions (like "why is this plugin not working" or "how do I set up X"). For vague product support questions, please use communities relevant to that product for best results. Specific issues that follow rule 6 are allowed.
- No memes, screenshots, and jokes: Do not post memes, screenshots of bad design, or jokes. Check out /r/ProgrammerHumor/ for this type of content.
- No self-promotion: Read and follow reddiquette; no excessive self-promotion. Please refer to the Reddit 9:1 rule when considering posting self promoting materials.
- No commercial promotions/solicitations: We do not allow any commercial promotion or solicitation. Violations can result in a ban.
- No soliciting feedback not on Saturday: Sharing your project, portfolio, or any other content that you want to either show off or request feedback on is limited to Showoff Saturday. If you post such content on any other day, it will be removed. Posts must be tagged with the correct flair. Commercial promotion still falls under rule #4 and is not allowed. Think project, not product. Focus on the technical details of your project and how it's relevant to the audience of the subreddit.
- Assistance Questions Guidelines: If you are asking for assistance on a problem, you are required to provide * Context of the problem * Research you have completed prior to requesting assistance * Problem you are attempting to solve with high specificity Questions in violation of this rule will be removed or locked.
- Career/Getting Started Questions: Open-ended/general "how do I get started in web dev" and general Career related posts are only allowed within the pinned monthly career thread. The answer to many of these questions can also be found in the sub FAQ, or in /r/learnprogramming/ and /r/cscareerquestions/. Highly specific career/getting started assistance questions are allowed so long as they follow the required assistance post guidelines.
- No low-effort posts/comments: Low-effort posts/comments will be removed. This includes title-only posts, easily searchable questions, vague/open-ended discussion prompts, LLM generated posts or comments, and posts/comments that do not provide enough context for meaningful replies or discussion.
Works well
- A writeup of a hard technical problem you solved while building your own project, with the context, the research you tried first, and the specific fix
- A Showoff Saturday post about a side project, tagged with the correct flair, focused on the technical details rather than the product
- A specific assistance question that states the context, the research you already did, and the exact problem you are trying to solve
- A genuine comment sharing your experience on someone else's thread, where a product mention only appears if it naturally fits and your overall activity stays non-promotional
Avoid
- Posting your product, tool, or service any day of the week, because commercial promotion is banned outright and violations can result in a ban
- Sharing your portfolio or side project on a weekday, because feedback posts are limited to Showoff Saturday and will be removed otherwise
- Writing a post with ChatGPT or another model, because LLM generated posts and comments are explicitly removed
- Asking a vague question like why is this plugin not working, because vague support questions get removed
- Dropping a link with no context, research, or specific problem, because low-effort posts are removed
- Asking how do I get started in web dev as a standalone post, because that belongs in the pinned monthly career thread
What r/webdev Is For
r/webdev is a community for all things web development, covering both front-end and back-end work. The people posting here are web developers, from people learning the craft to working engineers, and they talk about code, tooling, projects, and the day to day of building for the web. The description points design-focused questions to /r/web_design, so this room leans technical rather than visual. The rules make clear this is a discussion and help community, not a marketplace. If you are a founder whose product is built by or for web developers, this is a room full of your people, but you have to show up as a developer, not as a marketer.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “No commercial promotions/solicitations”, because it bans commercial promotion and solicitation completely, and the rule text warns that violations can result in a ban. “No self-promotion” is the next one to know, since it asks you to follow reddiquette and the Reddit 9:1 rule, which means the bulk of your Reddit activity should be non-promotional. “No soliciting feedback not on Saturday” controls any post where you show off a project or ask for feedback, because that content is limited to Showoff Saturday and must use the correct flair. “No low-effort posts/comments” matters because it removes title-only posts, vague discussion prompts, and LLM generated posts or comments, so anything written by a model in your name is at risk. “Assistance Questions Guidelines” applies if you frame your post as a question, because you must include context, research you already did, and a highly specific problem. “Career/Getting Started Questions” matters if your angle is hiring or careers, because general career posts only live in the pinned monthly thread.
What To Post
A good post here is a technical story, not a pitch. Write about a real problem you solved while building your own project, with enough detail that a working developer learns something from it. If you want to show off a side project, save it for Showoff Saturday, tag it with the correct flair, and focus on the technical details and how it is relevant to web developers, because the rule itself says think project, not product. If you ask for help, follow the assistance guidelines exactly: give the context of the problem, the research you already did, and the specific problem you are trying to solve. If you want to talk about your product at all, do it inside a genuine comment where it naturally fits, and only after you have built up a normal Reddit footprint that respects the 9:1 balance. The safest habit is to be a useful member of the community first and let people click your profile if they care.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get banned here is commercial promotion, because rule 4 says violations can result in a ban, so never post your product, pricing page, launch, or any solicitation. Do not post memes, screenshots of bad design, or jokes, because rule 2 removes them and points you to /r/ProgrammerHumor instead. Do not share your project, portfolio, or anything you want feedback on outside of Showoff Saturday, and even then tag it with the correct flair. Do not ask vague support questions about a tool or plugin, because rule 1 removes those and wants you in a community specific to that product. Do not post open-ended or general career questions as their own post, because rule 7 limits those to the pinned monthly career thread. Do not write posts with a language model, because rule 8 explicitly removes LLM generated posts and comments. And do not post a title-only question or a vague discussion prompt, because rule 8 removes low-effort content that lacks context for meaningful replies.
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Common questions about r/webdev
Can I post a link to my product if I frame it as feedback?
The rules state that no commercial promotions or solicitations are allowed, and violations can result in a ban, so there is no safe promotional version of this post.
Can I mention my product in comments?
Yes, as long as you follow the Reddit 9 to 1 rule and reddiquette, meaning roughly nine genuine contributions for every one self-promotional post.
Can I ask a technical question about a problem my product has?
Yes, if you include the context of the problem, the research you already did, and a highly specific description of what you are trying to solve.
Can I ask a career or hiring question?
No, those go in the pinned monthly career thread, unless your question is highly specific and follows the assistance post guidelines.
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