r/nocode: rules, karma requirements and posting culture

Who posts here

Many posters say outright that they cannot code and ask whether they can build an app at all. Those questions stay up and get long, patient answers with a suggested data model and a first step. Alongside them are people running real workflows who ask sharper questions about permissions, draft states, maintenance and when to leave a no-code platform. Nothing is pitched too low, though replies will warn you about security and data loss if you sound careless.

• Non-technical founders and small business owners trying to build a first app or internal tool.
• Ops, finance and IT staff comparing builders for a team workflow that has outgrown a spreadsheet.
• Freelancers and designers shipping client sites and apps with visual and AI tools.
• Indie makers and tool vendors promoting their own products, with flair.
• Developers and security minded commenters who point out where AI built apps break.

Karma and account requirements

What it takes to get a post through in r/nocode.

What you can post

What happens to a new post

Where the most recent posts ended up. Sample size: 100.

• Stayed up45%
• Removed by Reddit's filters34%
• Held by AutoModerator18%
• Deleted by the author3%

Reddit counts a removal by the subreddit's own AutoModerator rules as a moderator removal, so that share is not all human. Held by AutoModerator means the post is waiting in the mod queue.

What happened when we posted here

We have posted here ourselves. This is how our own posts and comments fared.

Stayed up

95%

Removed by Reddit's filters

5%

Removed by moderators

0%

Period

October 2025 to August 2026

The rules, in the mods' words

1. 1

   Promoted Posts/Comments

   If you are posting or commenting about a new tool/resource and you must disclose your connection to said tool/resource or risk your post/comment being deleted. Repeated violations will result in us taking the appropriate action. As we build the no-code/low-code community, obviously this will involve a lot of companies and innovators coming onto our forum to discuss their products, we just want people to be forthcoming about said connection. Please use the appropriate "Promoted" flair on posts.

2. 2

   Flair

   If you are from a company, you are more than welcome to add to the discussion and make posts here. However, you will need to add your own flair that indicates which company you are representing so that everyone can place your posts and comments in the appropriate context.

3. 3

   Product Launch Outside of Designated Launch Post

   All product launch posts should be made on the monthly product launch post.

4. 4

   Value-Add Post

   Promoting your own products is allowed, but the post must be first and foremost a value-add post for the community.

5. 5

   Undisclosed Affiliate Link

   Using an affiliate link without disclosing will result in the entire post/comment being removed.

These are the rules as archived in January 2025. Rules change. Check the sidebar before you post.

The culture

r/nocode has about 141,000 members and has grown fast, from roughly 49,000 in 2024. It takes around 20 posts a day, two thirds of them text. The median post is about 150 words and gets 6 comments, and comments are long for Reddit at around 48 words. People here write real answers.

There are two kinds of post. The first is a question: which builder fits this use case, can a non-coder build an inventory app, how do I keep a workflow from firing on drafts, when is it time to move off a no-code platform. About 36% of titles are questions, and these threads get the most replies. The second is promotion, tagged Self-Promotion or Promoted, which together make up over a third of flaired posts. Scores are low everywhere. The best performing posts in our sample had under 20 points, so replies are the measure, not upvotes.

The live argument is what no-code even means now. AI app builders and coding assistants have taken over much of the conversation from the older visual platforms, and regulars are wary. Threads about exposed databases, surprise API bills and platform lock-in come up often, and a common reply to can I build this is yes, and here is how it could leak your data.

What lands

• A which tool question with the real requirements spelled out: who logs in, what data is linked, what must stay intact when records change.
• An honest question about limits, such as whether a no-code site builder is enough or you always hit a wall.
• A lesson from something that went wrong, like an automated survey that annoyed customers or a platform's content licence terms.
• A how I built it walkthrough with the steps listed, where the product is incidental.
• Practical security and maintenance questions about AI built apps.

What gets removed or ignored

• Most missing posts are taken by filters, not people. About a third of posts in our sample were removed by Reddit's filters and 18% were held by AutoModerator. We saw no manual moderator removals.
• By the rules, posts or comments about your own tool with no disclosure.
• By the rules, undisclosed affiliate links. The whole post or comment goes.
• By the rules, standalone product launch posts, which are meant for the monthly launch thread.
• By the rules, promotion with nothing in it for the reader.

The unwritten rules

• Disclose in the first line, in comments too. The accepted form is a short note that you built it or work there, followed by an answer that would still help without the mention.
• Enforcement of the launch thread rule is loose. Plenty of flaired product posts sit in the feed, including obvious ads. They get few replies.
• Recommend more than one option. Comments that name a single tool as the answer to every thread read as planted.
• Expect a security lecture if you say you vibe coded something with customer data. It is meant as help.
• Give numbers and constraints: team size, row counts, budget, what you already tried. Replies get specific when you do.

Self-promotion

This is one of the more promotion tolerant subreddits, on paper and in practice. The rules say companies and makers are welcome as long as they disclose their connection, use the Promoted flair, set a flair naming their company, and make the post a value-add first. Product launches are supposed to go in the monthly launch post, and undisclosed affiliate links are removed. In the feed, about 21% of posts carry the Self-Promotion flair and 15% the Promoted flair. The limits are the filters, which stop more than half of all posts before anyone sees them, and the audience, which gives plain product posts very little attention. Posts that teach something and mention the product in passing do better.

How people write here

Typical post length

151 words

Typical title length

12 words

Titles phrased as a question

36%

Typical comment length

48 words

Comments that include a link

10%

Posts that carry a flair

60%

The regulars

The accounts that showed up most in our sample. Worth reading before you post: they set the tone, and they are usually the first to reply.

Top keywords

The words and phrases that show up far more often here than in other communities, from recent posts in r/nocode.

• no-code 26 posts
• app 45 posts
• builder 22 posts
• code 35 posts
• lovable 13 posts
• tools 32 posts
• apps 21 posts
• base44 8 posts
• softr 5 posts
• claude 20 posts
• simple 21 posts
• tool 23 posts
• website 20 posts
• bubble 8 posts
• website builder 7 posts
• database 12 posts
• test 18 posts
• site 16 posts
• supabase 7 posts
• project 18 posts
• platform 16 posts
• workflow 14 posts
• navbar 4 posts
• glide 4 posts
• airtable 5 posts
• link 15 posts
• tracker 8 posts
• nocode 4 posts
• app builder 4 posts
• keys 9 posts
• feedback 17 posts
• dashboard 10 posts
• internal tools 5 posts
• framer 5 posts
• bolt 5 posts
• visual 8 posts
• no-code tools 4 posts
• code website 3 posts
• security 12 posts
• coding 11 posts

Recurring topics: build, code, ai, tool, app, no code, web, website, no-code, launch.

Growth

1. 20204.3k
2. 20219.7k
3. 202325k
4. 202449k
5. 2025105k
6. 2026141k

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• r/SideProject
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