debiki/talkyard
A community discussion platform: Brings together the main features from StackOverflow, Slack, Discourse, Reddit, and Disqus blog comments. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 92
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 28.5
- age_days: 4834
- days_rel: 99
- days_push: 51
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
1814 stars · 129 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Talkyard is an open-source (AGPL-3.0), self-hosted community discussion platform that combines forum topics, question-and-answer threads, basic chat channels, idea voting, and embeddable blog comments in one web application. It blends features familiar from StackOverflow, Slack, Discourse, Reddit, and Disqus, and runs on a Linux server with Docker, using React on the client and Scala/Play, PostgreSQL, Redis, and ElasticSearch on the server.
Use cases
- self-hosted forum software for my online community
- add a question and answer section to my website
- embed comments on my blog instead of Disqus
- private discussion forum for coworkers inside my company
- customer support community with a searchable knowledge base
- collect and upvote product ideas and feedback
- open source alternative to Discourse or StackOverflow for Teams
When to choose
- You want one self-hosted platform that combines forums, Q&A, idea voting, and blog comments rather than running separate tools
- You want discussions and answers to stay findable months or years later as a knowledge base
- You need moderation tools, permission groups, categories, and webhooks/API integrations for a support or community site
- You want AGPL open source you can install on your own Debian/Docker server, with an optional paid hosted service
When to avoid
- You only need real-time day-to-day team chat, where Slack or Mattermost are more full-featured
- You want a lightweight PHP-style script to upload to shared hosting - Talkyard requires Docker on a dedicated Debian server (around 4GB VPS)
- You need enterprise SSO features like SAML2 or SCIM today, which are planned as future commercial open-core offerings
- You expect complete documentation or deep customization - the docs are described as incomplete and some advertised anti-groupthink features are not yet implemented
Facets
application · maturity active
self-hosted chat-interface http-server self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted forum question-and-answers community-platform blog-comments embedded-comments ideation voting chat-channels knowledge-base discourse-alternative disqus-alternative stackoverflow-style customer-support scala play-framework reactjs postgresql redis elasticsearch agpl linux docker web-server
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/debiki/talkyard · fetched 2026-08-28 · e0422bc4cf64
- homepage: https://www.talkyard.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 268dbafc002b
- site_page: https://docs.talkyard.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3f47a28584aa
- site_page: https://www.talkyard.io/about/us · fetched 2026-08-29 · 960ae8fc7b23
- site_page: https://www.talkyard.io/about/contact · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1adf3f5e1d4
- site_page: https://www.talkyard.io/about/security · fetched 2026-08-29 · 166f65624b01
- site_page: https://www.talkyard.io/about/open-source · fetched 2026-08-29 · b1965ea62d93
- site_page: https://www.talkyard.io/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7ac75c5ac05e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| debiki/talkyard | main | 92 |
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