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discourse/discourse

A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#discourse #ember #forum #javascript #postgresql #rails

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2013-02-05
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

47,415

stars

Forks: 8,950
Commits: 66,628 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

flarum/flarum

Simple forum software for building great communities.

Stack

PHP Composer

GitHub topics

#flarum #forum #laravel #php

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-12-24
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

16,352

stars

Forks: 1,673
Commits: 369 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apache/answer

A Q&A platform software for teams at any scales. Whether it's a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Apache Answer.

Stack

Go Cobra Gin gRPC Go React Go modules pnpm

GitHub topics

#community #forum #go #golang #hacktoberfest #q-and-a

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-09-27
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 100 open

15,601

stars

Forks: 1,335
Commits: 5,613 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

NodeBB/NodeBB

Node.js based forum software built for the modern web

Stack

JavaScript Express .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#community #forum #javascript #mongodb #node #nodebb

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-22
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 154 open

15,149

stars

Forks: 2,977
Commits: 32,791 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

flarum/framework

Simple forum software for building great communities.

Stack

PHP React Symfony Composer npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#community #flarum #forum #hacktoberfest #javascript #laravel

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-20
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 87 open

6,732

stars

Forks: 880
Commits: 9,723 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

lobsters/lobsters

Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#aggregator #forum #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-06-17
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 250 open

4,721

stars

Forks: 969
Commits: 4,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rocboss/paopao-ce

A scalable social community platform powered by Gin backend and modern TypeScript/Vue frontend architecture

Stack

Go Cobra Gin gRPC Go Tauri Cargo Go modules Yarn

GitHub topics

#bbs #forum #gin #go #naive #twitter

Updated: 2026-04-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-24
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

4,498

stars

Forks: 657
Commits: 2,064 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rafalp/Misago

Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.

Stack

Python Celery Django Django REST Framework pytest npm pip

GitHub topics

#django #docker #forum #forums #htmx #python

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-16
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 169 open

2,731

stars

Forks: 548
Commits: 5,544 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

flaskbb/flaskbb

A classic Forum Software in Python using Flask.

Stack

Python Celery Flask pytest npm pip uv

GitHub topics

#flask #flaskbb #forum #python #social

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-09-11
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 30 open

2,659

stars

Forks: 665
Commits: 2,098 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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helpyio/helpy

Helpy is a modern, open source helpdesk customer support application. Features include knowledgebase, community discussions and support tickets integrated with email.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#forum #hacktoberfest #helpdesk #knowledge-base #support #ticketing

Updated: 2023-03-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 231 open

2,483

stars

Forks: 488
Commits: 3,716 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

phpbb/phpbb

phpBB Development: phpBB is a popular open-source bulletin board written in PHP. This repository also contains the history of version 2.

Stack

PHP Express Symfony Composer npm

GitHub topics

#bulletin-board #forum #hacktoberfest #php #phpbb

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2001-02-17
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

2,076

stars

Forks: 999
Commits: 39,091 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

debiki/talkyard

A community discussion platform: Brings together the main features from StackOverflow, Slack, Discourse, Reddit, and Disqus blog comments.

Stack

TypeScript Express React Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#answers-topics #blog-comments #chat #disqus #embedding-comments #forum

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-01-08
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,809

stars

Forks: 128
Commits: 4,359 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mybb/mybb

MyBB is a free and open source forum software.

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer

GitHub topics

#forum #mybb #mysql #php #postgresql #sqlite

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-17
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 305 open

1,227

stars

Forks: 437
Commits: 6,558 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nitely/Spirit

Spirit is a modern Python/Django forum

Stack

Python npm PEP 517 uv

GitHub topics

#django #django-framework #forum #python #spirit

Updated: 2025-04-19
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2014-05-09
History: 19 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 40 open

1,188

stars

Forks: 331
Commits: 977 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Erudika/scoold

The Stack Overflow clone for your team (self-hosted or hosted)

Stack

Java Spring Boot Maven

GitHub topics

#clone #cloud-native #community-forums #forum #forum-software #forums

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-07-06
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

920

stars

Forks: 230
Commits: 2,170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SimpleMachines/SMF

Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is free and open-source community forum software, delivering professional grade features in a package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes!

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer

GitHub topics

#bsd-3-clause #forum #mysql #mysqli #php #postgresql

Updated: 2026-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-24
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 149 open

737

stars

Forks: 271
Commits: 18,632 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

zhuchunshu/SForum

SForum 是一个页面简洁且功能丰富的中文论坛程序

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Nuxt Tailwind CSS Bun Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#docker #docker-compose #forum #laravel-forum #php-forum #sforum

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-08
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 8 open

198

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 786 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

casdoor/casnode

Open-Source Forum and Social Platform, Alternative to StackOverflow & Flarum

Stack

Go gRPC Go React Go modules npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#bbs #casbin #casdoor #casnode #docker #flarum

Updated: 2025-12-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-29
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

144

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 813 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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