Discourse
Platform for discussion forums and communities, with moderation and email notifications.
GPL-2.0Strong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 47.9k
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- SAML, OIDC, LDAP
Open-source alternatives to Khoros
Khoros in the Customer service category. These are the open alternatives we recommend looking at.
Flarum
Simple, fast forum software in PHP with extensions.
MITPermissive
SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes
- GitHub stars
- 16.4k
- Deployment
- Server
NodeBB
Forum software in Node.js with real-time updates and plug-ins.
GPL-3.0Strong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 15.2k
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- OIDC, SAML
Misago
Full-featured forum application in Python and Django.
GPL-2.0Strong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 2.8k
- Deployment
- Docker
- Login/SSO
- OIDC
phpBB
Classic, long-standing forum software in PHP with many extensions.
GPL-2.0Strong copyleft
SaaS: YesClosed product: No
- GitHub stars
- 2.1k
- Deployment
- Server
- Login/SSO
- LDAP
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