Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation.
What would you like to build?
Reduce support costs for your organization by enabling your users to support each other and easily find answers to previously asked questions.
- Let staff share internal notes for support context
- Automate support workflows
- Community can upvote helpful posts/answers
- Empower your staff by reducing repeated questions
Tailor your community to fit your organization's needs with advanced customization and integration. Our Professional Services team helps you get the most out of your community from day one.
- Dedicated infrastructure and SLA guarantees
- SSO, SAML, and enterprise authentication
- Custom development and integrations to create a branded experience
- White-glove onboarding and guidance from people who know code
Across our hosting
- 3M+ monthly posts created
- 1B+ monthly page views served
We host individual sites with
- 100K+ monthly active users
- 45M+ monthly views
Customize
Designed to fit your brand
Out-of-the-box themes, branding options, and powerful customization tools, so your community feels like home.
- Create a searchable public knowledge base
- Customize look and feel
- Organize members with groups and roles
Connect
Every way to connect
Connect with your community using open discussions, chat, private messages, or straight from email—all in Discourse.
- Get the conversation started with topics
- Built-in real-time chat
- Private messaging and DMs
Manage
Easy to manage
From a variety of moderation tools to settings for every feature Discourse gives you the flexibility to be as hands on or off as you want to be.
- Protect your community with built-in moderation tools
- AI-assisted community management features
- Monitor community health with our admin dashboard
Grow
From startups to global enterprises
Scale your community without sacrificing flexibility or control. Whether you're just starting out or already serving millions, Discourse grows with you.
- SSO and social logins
- Gamification features
- SEO optimized for Google
Themes & plugins
Extend your community with official and community-built themes and plugins.
- Install ready-made themes and plugins yourself
- Build custom themes and plugins on our flexible platform
- Collaborate with our Professional Services team to customize your community
Inspired?
Launch your community in minutes.
"...if you want the conversation forgotten, put it on Slack. If it matters, put it on Discourse."
Local Guides
"It was a pleasure to work with the team. We knew that we were being guided by experts who deeply know what communities need in order to thrive."
"Being hosted... and having all the current features is a tremendous help to the team and company. There is no one that offers this level of customization."
"The more I look deeply at @discourse the bigger the respect I have for the product… they have many many years of iterating fast on a solid forum product and it shows."
Our advocates aren't reading from scripts. They're engineers who know Discourse inside out and can help you architect the right solution.
Join a community of builders, moderators, and enthusiasts who love helping others get the most out of Discourse — from setup tips to advanced customizations.
Explore expert guides, community insights, and helpful tools designed to make running your Discourse community easier and more effective.
"It's been such a privilege to work with you guys over the years. I can't stress how exceptional it was to have such friendly and knowledgeable suppliers to work with. Huge props! Not only did you make this project possible, you made it thoroughly enjoyable!"
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