reddit-ai-trends

Overview of reddit-ai-trends

What it is

reddit-ai-trends is an automated tool that scans AI-related Reddit communities in English and Chinese. It uses the Reddit Official API and DeepSeek V4.1 via OpenRouter to analyze posts, summarize key discussions, and track trends. Daily rankings of hot topics are updated every 6 AM CDT.

Key features

• Real-time AI trend monitoring across multiple subreddits
• Multimodal content analysis: image analysis (Qwen-VL, Gemini), YouTube transcript extraction and summarization, web page scraping via Firecrawl, and community comment integration with bot filtering
• Bilingual report generation in English and Chinese
• Supports multiple LLM providers: Groq and OpenRouter
• Database-backed caching for all enrichments to minimize API costs
• Docker deployment with MongoDB persistence
• Automatic README updates with links to the latest reports

Use cases

• Staying informed about the latest AI developments and breakthroughs
• Identifying trending topics across different AI communities
• Comparing current trends with historical data to spot emerging patterns
• Highlighting unique discussions from smaller communities
• Providing technical deep dives into important trends

Getting started

See the repository README for full installation and setup instructions. Prerequisites include Docker and Docker Compose, Reddit API credentials, and an LLM API key (Groq or OpenRouter).bashcp .env.example .envdocker-compose up -d

License and pricing

License: MIT. Pricing type: open source.

Based on the project's public README and repository metadata.