rafalp/Misago
Misago is fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 77
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 86.0
- age_days: 5185
- days_rel: 75
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
2777 stars · 555 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Misago is a full-featured, modern forum application built with Django, Python, and HTMX, designed to be fast, scalable, and responsive. It provides complete community features including user accounts, OAuth social login, categories, threads, private messages, moderation tools, bans, and a permission system.
Use cases
- host an online discussion forum for my community
- self-hosted forum software alternative to phpBB or Discourse
- add a community message board to my website
- forum with social login via Google, GitHub, or Steam
- moderated forum with categories, threads, and private messages
- Django-based forum I can customize and extend
- community site with spam protection and user bans
When to choose
- you want a complete, self-hosted forum with modern UX out of the box
- you need built-in moderation, permissions, bans, and anti-spam tooling
- you want OAuth/SSO integration with 50+ providers
- you prefer a Python/Django stack you can extend with plugins
- you want Docker-based deployment for easy setup and maintenance
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight comment section rather than a full forum
- you want a Q&A-style platform like Stack Overflow instead of threaded discussions
- you need a guaranteed stable 1.0 release - the project self-describes as perpetually in beta
- you require non-Python hosting or serverless deployment
- you want minimal resource usage on very small VPS instances
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework auth authorization api-framework templating middleware web-development self-hosted cms python self-hosted forum-software django discussion-board oauth moderation htmx community-platform community docker web-server linux
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rafalp/Misago · fetched 2026-08-28 · d6e8c1b34aa9
- homepage: http://misago-project.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · f448f7067c85
- site_page: https://misago-project.org/t/avatar-rendering-upon-fresh-install/1419 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 631cf5d8579a
- site_page: https://misago-project.org/t/avatar-rendering-upon-fresh-install/1419/last · fetched 2026-08-29 · ee2ab46208e6
- site_page: https://misago-project.org/c/integrations/33 · fetched 2026-08-29 · b2cf649ec84d
- site_page: https://misago-project.org/c/releases/23 · fetched 2026-08-29 · c32bd796d984
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rafalp/Misago | main | 91 |
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