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mlogclub/bbs-go

A lightweight community and Q&A platform for forums, knowledge bases, and discussions.一个轻量级社区和问答平台。 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mlogclub/bbs-go · homepage · TypeScript · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

99/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 98
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 12
  • age_days: 2627
  • days_rel: 16
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 22

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3472 stars · 697 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

bbs-go is a lightweight, self-hosted community platform for building forums, Q&A sites, and knowledge bases, built with a Go backend and React frontend. It bundles discussions, articles, comments, moderation, gamification (points, levels, badges), and an admin dashboard into a single deployable system with Docker or release-package installation.

Use cases

  • self-host a lightweight forum for a tech community
  • build a Q&A site where users ask questions and mark accepted answers
  • create an internal knowledge base for a company team
  • run a product user community with support discussions
  • launch a hobby or interest discussion community
  • set up a searchable archive of community discussions and articles
  • add gamification like points, badges, and daily check-ins to a community

When to choose

  • you want a lighter self-hosted alternative to Discourse or enterprise forum suites
  • you prefer a Go + React stack with a small resource footprint
  • you need forums, Q&A, articles, and moderation in one integrated system
  • you want built-in engagement mechanics (points, levels, badges, tasks)
  • you need bilingual (English/Chinese) support out of the box

When to avoid

  • you need the mature plugin ecosystem and advanced moderation tooling of Discourse
  • your community requires federated protocols like ActivityPub
  • you cannot accept GPLv3 obligations and don't want a commercial license
  • you need heavy enterprise governance, SSO integrations beyond OIDC, or multi-tenant hosting
  • you require extensive theming or a large third-party extension marketplace

Facets

application · maturity active

http-server search-engine auth web-framework ui-components email file-upload analytics web-development self-hosted cms self-hosted go forum q-and-a community-platform knowledge-base self-hosted golang react docker bilingual gamification moderation sqlite mysql postgresql oidc s3-storage community forums linux web-server nodejs

9 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
mlogclub/bbs-gomain99

For agents

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