Discourse

Discourse is a platform for community discussion that is free and open source, enabling users to create discussion forums with ease.

Discourse is built in Ruby, distributed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 license, 46.7k GitHub stars from 100 contributors, latest release v2026.4.0-latest.

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Language
Ruby
Latest Release
v2026.4.0-latest
License
GNU General Public License v2.0

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Key Features

  • User-friendly interface
  • Customizable themes
  • Built-in moderation tools
  • Mobile-friendly design
  • Notifications and email summaries

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Community

Stars
46.7k
Contributors
100
Open Issues
165
Forks
8.9k