Discourse
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. observed · 2026-10-12
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 54
- Longevity 100
Flags: prerelease_only
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5030
- days_rel: 97
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
47962 stars · 9032 forks observed · 2026-10-12
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.97
Discourse is an open‑source, Ruby‑on‑Rails based community platform for discussion forums, Q&A, and real‑time chat. It can be self‑hosted or run on Discourse’s managed hosting.
Use cases
- Create a public or private discussion forum for a product or community.
- Run a support site where users can ask questions and get community answers.
- Enable real‑time chat channels alongside threaded discussions.
- Integrate a knowledge base with searchable topics and AI‑powered translations.
- Customize the look and behavior of a forum via plugins and themes.
When to choose
- You need a highly customizable, open‑source forum you can self‑host.
- Your community requires rich features like voting, tagging, and real‑time chat.
- You want deep integration with existing tools (SSO, GitHub, Slack, etc.).
- You prefer a platform with a large plugin ecosystem and active development.
When to avoid
- You need a lightweight, single‑page Q&A site with minimal setup.
- You prefer a fully managed SaaS solution without any server maintenance.
- Your team cannot support Ruby/Rails or Docker environments.
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework api-framework auth authorization database websocket plugin-system search-engine templating state-management web-development real-time windows browser ruby-on-rails ember self-hosted open-source-forum discourse-ai real-time-chat ssr community forum support linux macos docker web-server
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/discourse/discourse · fetched 2026-10-12 · ed0b615344d5
- homepage: https://www.discourse.org · fetched 2026-09-14 · e0291eac296b
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/about · fetched 2026-09-14 · 7cc17d76eafa
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/features · fetched 2026-09-14 · 054e5a6d6d15
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/pricing · fetched 2026-09-14 · b9fe50647a55
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/enterprise · fetched 2026-09-14 · e0dbe90da54e
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/wall-of-love · fetched 2026-09-14 · 92c8fc98e306
- site_page: https://www.discourse.org/integrations · fetched 2026-09-14 · 1b2e2b1c3778
- site_page: https://releases.discourse.org/ · fetched 2026-09-14 · a4dae57110e5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| discourse/discourse | main | 83 |
| discourse/discourse_docker | infra | 77 |
| discourse/onebox | mirror | 23 |
| discourse/wp-discourse | plugin | 65 |
| discourse/pups | infra | 66 |
| discourse/discourse-adplugin | plugin | 10 |
| discourse/discourse-topic-voting | plugin | 10 |
| discourse/discourse-ai | mirror | 10 |
| discourse/docker_manager | plugin | 75 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="discourse/discourse")
Data as of 2026-10-19T08:05:51.212177+00:00 · Report a problem