# nitely/Spirit

Spirit is a modern Python/Django forum

Repository: https://github.com/nitely/Spirit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nitely-spirit
Homepage: http://spirit.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: spirit, forum, django-framework, python, django
Last push: 2025-04-19T17:44:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 17, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4499, "days_push": 501, "days_rel": 501, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1185, forks 329 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.862073+00:00)

## What it is
Spirit is a modern forum application built with Python and the Django framework, installable via pip as django-spirit. It provides a full-featured discussion board that can be added to any Django project.

## Use cases
- add a forum to my django site
- self-host a discussion board
- create a community forum in python
- embed a comment and topic board in a web app
- replace php forums like phpbb with a python stack

## When to choose
- you are already using Django and want an integrated forum
- you want a self-hosted, MIT-licensed forum with active maintenance
- you prefer PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQLite-backed Python deployments

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone forum without Django
- you want a headless or JavaScript-based forum frontend
- you need massively scaled forum hosting out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, gui, search-engine, auth
- domain: web-development, backend, self-hosted, cms
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: django, forum, discussion-board, community, pypi-package, web-server

## Member repositories
- nitely/Spirit (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.862073+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 2026-08-30T06:24:08.108590+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nitely/Spirit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.862073+00:00, sha cafcc608371d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.