Forem
Open source community platform behind DEV
Forem is the open source social and forum platform that powers the DEV community. It supports articles, discussions, tags, podcasts, and listings, and can be self-hosted to run a niche community.
Key features
- Community platform behind DEV
- Articles, discussions, and tags
- Self-hostable for niche communities
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 22.8k GitHub stars
- Written in Ruby
Forem replaces
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