# rafalp/Misago

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

Repository: https://github.com/rafalp/Misago
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/misago
Homepage: http://misago-project.org
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: forums, forum, django, python, docker, htmx
Last push: 2026-08-18T07:41:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5185, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 86.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2777, forks 555 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:21.225422+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, auth, authorization, api-framework, templating, middleware
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, cms
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: forum-software, django, discussion-board, oauth, moderation, htmx, community-platform, community, docker, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- rafalp/Misago (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.225422+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 2026-08-30T08:16:31.638036+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rafalp/Misago (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.225422+00:00, sha d6e8c1b34aa9)
  - homepage: http://misago-project.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:59.015369+00:00, sha f448f7067c85)
  - site_page: https://misago-project.org/t/avatar-rendering-upon-fresh-install/1419 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:59.027680+00:00, sha 631cf5d8579a)
  - site_page: https://misago-project.org/t/avatar-rendering-upon-fresh-install/1419/last (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:59.029402+00:00, sha ee2ab46208e6)
  - site_page: https://misago-project.org/c/integrations/33 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:59.024091+00:00, sha b2cf649ec84d)
  - site_page: https://misago-project.org/c/releases/23 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:55:59.026000+00:00, sha c32bd796d984)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.