Communities

r/buildinpublic

Build-in-public posts only

Subreddit for sharing progress, lessons and feedback requests while building a product. Self-promotion without context is not allowed, and paid, free or affiliate-linked tools must be labelled as such. Rules as of 22 September 2026.

r/buildinpublic is a community at reddit.com/r/buildinpublic. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: build-in-public posts only. Listing is free. The link you get is Nofollow: Reddit marks outside links in posts and comments as nofollow ugc. Review: moderators remove off-topic posts and spam links; posts that promote with no context about how the project was built are likely to be refused. Terms read on reddit.com/r/buildinpublic on 2 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free
Link you get: Nofollow: Reddit marks outside links in posts and comments as nofollow ugc
Review: Moderators remove off-topic posts and spam links; posts that promote with no context about how the project was built are likely to be refused
Their rule: Build-in-public posts only
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/about/rules ↗
Reach: TinyTiny reach: outside the Tranco top million by traffic; not in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Can you share an AI product on r/buildinpublic?: Only some. It lets members share AI products, with a rule: build-in-public posts only.
How much does a listing on r/buildinpublic cost?: Listing is free.
What link does r/buildinpublic give?: The link you get is Nofollow: Reddit marks outside links in posts and comments as nofollow ugc.

How to submit to r/buildinpublic

A post on r/buildinpublic is yours to write, not a form.

You post as yourself, within their rules on self-promotion, and answer the comments that day. No automation can do that for you, and our done-for-you service does not include it. Post it yourself, then mark the result in your tracker by hand. How to prepare.

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: build-in-public posts only. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the review. Moderators remove off-topic posts and spam links; posts that promote with no context about how the project was built are likely to be refused. Mark the result in your tracker yourself: our checks cannot read this site.

Listing tracker

Know when r/buildinpublic lists you.

Add your app once and keep every submission in one place. reddit.com/r/buildinpublic blocks automatic reads, so this one you mark by hand; the other places we read every week, every night on Pro.

Track r/buildinpublic

Run r/buildinpublic? A badge for your site

Tells founders you take AI tools before they read your rules, and links to your terms here. Paste it in your site's footer, so it is on your home page, where our nightly check looks:

<a href="https://listaify.com/places/r-buildinpublic"><img src="https://listaify.com/badge/r-buildinpublic.png" alt="Build-in-public posts only, verified on Listaify" width="250" height="56"></a>

With the badge in your footer, this page becomes a Partner page: your logo, screenshots and an offer for founders, plus your numbers and the apps your peers list and you do not. Manage this page.

Price changed or something is wrong? Report a change. Run r/buildinpublic? Manage this page.