N8n-nodes-reddwire — Reddit trigger that works post-API-lockdown

Tips & Tricks
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Hey everyone,

Sharing a community node I built. The built-in Reddit node broke for me after

the Reddit API access changes — figured others might be in the same spot, so

publishing this in case it helps.

What it does

Drop-in trigger node. You set:

- Subreddit (single or comma-separated for multi-sub)

- Keyword filter (optional, case-insensitive)

- Match mode (title, body, or either)

- Poll interval (minute, 5-min, etc.)

Fires whenever a matching new post appears. Same output payload as the

original Reddit node, so anything downstream works without changes.

How it works

- Polls Reddit’s public RSS endpoint (officially allowed for non-commercial)

- Dedups against the last 500 IDs per workflow using static data

- First poll = baseline (so first execution doesn’t dump 25 old posts)

Install

Settings → Community Nodes → Install` → `n8n-nodes-reddwire`

Source-available (FSL-1.1-MIT). GitHub: GitHub - Reddwire-Official/n8n-nodes-reddwire: Monitor any subreddit for new posts and trigger n8n workflows. No Reddit API key required. Drop-in replacement for the discontinued built-in Reddit node. · GitHub

Hosted version

For n8n cloud users who can’t install community nodes, there’s a hosted

version at reddwire.dev that fires webhooks into n8n via an HTTP Webhook

trigger node. Free for 1 monitor, paid for more.

Happy to take feature requests in this thread or as GitHub issues.

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Timely release — a lot of workflows broke after the Reddit API changes and the built-in node stopped being an option. Using RSS endpoints is the right call for a no-auth polling approach.

The static data deduplication is a smart design choice; without it you’d see the same posts on every trigger cycle. One thing to keep an eye on: Reddit’s public RSS endpoints have variable reliability depending on the subreddit size and CDN caching — some large subs occasionally serve stale feeds. Might be worth documenting any known gotchas as you collect feedback.

Welcome to the community, and thanks for open-sourcing this.

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Hi @Moritz_Knopp, welcome to the n8n community !

I would be careful about calling this a drop-in replacement for the Reddit node. According to its own description, it uses public RSS and polling instead of the official, authenticated Reddit API. While this might be enough for monitoring new posts, it isn’t equivalent to a full trigger/API node in terms of permissions, stability, rate limits, data coverage, and long-term guarantees. It’s also worth remembering that community nodes are third-party code. The n8n documentation recommends assessing the risks before installing them, as community nodes have full access to the machine running n8n and to the workflow data: Risks | n8n Docs

In my view, it’s useful for certain cases, but it doesn’t replace the official node.