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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Stack Exchange

Question2Answer SaidIt.net Scoold Hacker News 4chan Aether Diaspora Codidact Talkyard Discourse

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Stack Exchange are Question2Answer, SaidIt.net, and Scoold. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. A Q&A site helps an online community to share knowledge.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Communication #Social #Knowledge Sharing

  2. Saidit.net - say your truth.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions

  3. 3
    An open-source, enterprise-friendly Q&A platform inspired by Stack Overflow.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Communication #Social #Knowledge Sharing

  4. Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Networks #Social News #Startups 498 social mentions

  5. 5
    4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 61 social mentions

  6. 6
    Aether is a free app that you use to read, write in, and create community moderated, distributed...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 100 social mentions

  7. The online social world where you are in control.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions

  8. Open-source Q&A website.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Sharing #Social Networks #Questions And Answers 2 social mentions

  9. Help each other — with the main features from StackOverflow, Discourse, Slack, Reddit, and Disqus.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Knowledge Sharing #Questions And Answers #Forums 1 social mentions

  10. Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Paid
    • Free Trial
    • $100.0 / Monthly

    #Forums #Forums And Forum Software #Community Platform 23 social mentions

  11. 11
    Coordino allows you to create a question and answer system for you and your users to enjoy.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Communication #Social #Knowledge Sharing

  12. Lemmy
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 613 social mentions

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