# 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。

Repository: https://github.com/mlogclub/bbs-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bbs-go
Homepage: https://bbs-go.com
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: bbs, community, forum, q-and-a, questions-and-answers, ask, community-platform, discussion, golang, qna, react
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:53:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2627, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 12, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3472, forks 697 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:06.018566+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, search-engine, auth, web-framework, ui-components, email, file-upload, analytics
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, cms
- platform: self-hosted, go
- tags: 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

## Member repositories
- mlogclub/bbs-go (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.018566+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:36:36.811865+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mlogclub/bbs-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:06.018566+00:00, sha 90e2aae17f94)
  - homepage: https://bbs-go.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.908091+00:00, sha 502df97aebec)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/guide.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.910586+00:00, sha 3174f84a45bc)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/installation/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.912154+00:00, sha 91d29cfefe9f)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.913985+00:00, sha 8537dc552dab)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/license.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.916990+00:00, sha 750b564832f5)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/contact.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.918673+00:00, sha 28f9d7f7d268)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/guide (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.920236+00:00, sha dfb67601a886)
  - site_page: https://bbs-go.com/docs/contact (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:00.921682+00:00, sha 656dbc04f3ce)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.