q2a/question2answer
Question2Answer is a free and open source platform for Q&A sites, running on PHP/MySQL. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- 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: n/a
- age_days: 5385
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 744
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1669 stars · 613 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Question2Answer (Q2A) is a free, open-source PHP/MySQL platform for building question-and-answer websites, used by tens of thousands of sites in 40 languages. It includes voting, reputation, tagging, categories, search, theming, and an extensive plugin system, with out-of-the-box WordPress and Joomla integration.
Use cases
- build a stack overflow style Q&A site
- add a question and answer community to my website
- self-hosted forum for knowledge sharing
- create a support community with voting and best answers
- integrate Q&A into an existing WordPress site
- run a multilingual community Q&A platform
- set up a knowledge base with reputation points
When to choose
- you want a self-hosted Q&A site on cheap shared PHP/MySQL hosting
- you need WordPress or Joomla single sign-on integration
- you want voting, reputation, tagging, and search out of the box
- you need a customizable platform with themes and plugins
When to avoid
- you need a modern stack (Node, Python, containers) or API-first architecture
- you want a general discussion forum rather than Q&A format
- you need actively rapid development - releases are mostly maintenance fixes
- you require real-time chat or modern SPA frontend features
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
search-engine web-framework plugin-system templating auth rate-limiting web-development cms self-hosted developer-tools php self-hosted cross-platform q-and-a forum-software knowledge-base stack-overflow-clone php-mysql community-platform wordpress-integration seo community web-server linux
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/q2a/question2answer · fetched 2026-08-28 · a5aa721368df
- homepage: http://www.question2answer.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d76d30eff15c
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f129b499b70
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install/versions · fetched 2026-08-29 · d70c39bf6d45
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install/wordpress · fetched 2026-08-29 · 939bc9862f5b
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install/single-sign-on · fetched 2026-08-29 · 55167d6493cc
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install/optimize · fetched 2026-08-29 · cbe0f2b24680
- site_page: https://docs.question2answer.org/install/security · fetched 2026-08-29 · 595d0a1af4d8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| q2a/question2answer | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="q2a/question2answer")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem