Forem
Forums & CommunityOpen source community platform behind DEV
Replaces Discourse, Reddit
Best API Forums & Community for self-hosting
The 7 best API forums & community you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Answer
Forums & CommunityModern Q&A platform for building knowledge communities
Replaces Stack Overflow, Confluence
giscus
Forums & CommunityCommenting system powered by GitHub Discussions
Replaces Disqus
Utterances
Forums & CommunityComments widget powered by GitHub issues
Replaces Disqus
Scoold
Forums & CommunitySelf-hosted Q&A platform and Stack Overflow alternative
Replaces Stack Overflow
PieFed
Forums & CommunityFederated discussion and link aggregation platform
Replaces Reddit
Discuit
Forums & CommunityOpen-source community discussion platform
Replaces Reddit
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Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the forums & community category. Compare them on the individual app pages for setup difficulty and resource requirements.