Subreddit rules check
r/osinttools
Can you promote here?
The rules clearly permit sharing your own product or project. Follow the format norms below, disclose that it is yours, and lead with substance: allowed is not the same as welcomed for low-effort pitches.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, discussion, question
Headline = tool name or concise problem question. Write in first person ("I built", "I’m a maintainer") with a short one-line feature summary, link to demo/GitHub, and a brief ask (feedback, testing). Typical post = short title + 1–3 short paragraphs. Tone: technical, pragmatic, helpful. Upvotes reward open-source/free tools, demos, reproducible instructions; pure marketing or closed/paywalled products do worse.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked September 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/osinttools's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.