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Askbot

Django-based question and answer forum software

Forums & Community ★ 1.6k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Askbot is an open-source question-and-answer forum platform built with Django, inspired by StackOverflow and Yahoo Answers. It supports tags, voting, reputation, and badges.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • StackOverflow-style Q&A
  • Tag-based organization
  • Reputation and badges
  • Email notifications

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python

Trade-offs

  • Dated interface
  • Slower development

Is Askbot secure?

OSV.dev lists 1 published advisory for Askbot. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-1213, published 2026-01-27 (260 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Askbot replaces

Self-hosted Stack Overflow alternatives

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