Discourse | Where Tech Companies Build Communities
Discourse | Where Tech Companies Build Communities Skip to content × About What is Discourse? Who we are Open source Customers Wall of love Partners Careers Features Discover Enterprise Pricing Resources Get started Talk to Sales Get started ☰ Where tech companies build communities Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation. Start your free trial Talk to Sales What would you like to build? Support hub Team workspace Product feedback Developer community 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 Get started Enable your workplace to stay connected for quick chats and dive into deeper collaboration whenever needed, all from one place. Directly message teammates, start group chats, or organize conversations across channels Share files, documents, and updates with teammates to keep everyone in the loop Move quick chats to topics for when deeper discussions are required Get started Gather ideas, prioritize what matters, and collaborate directly with your community to shape your product roadmap. From early concepts to shipped features, everything lives in one organized, transparent space. Collect ideas and let users vote on what matters Track progress with clear stages and status updates Categorize feedback by area, priority, or release cycle Get started Enable engineers to get help fast, collaborate on code, and influence product direction. Keep technical discussions organized with categories, tags, and accepted answers Connect with GitHub to mirror releases, issues, and pull requests Share code snippets and examples Run roadmap discussions with voting, stages, and status updates Get started Discourse Enterprise Enterprise-grade infrastructure for mission-critical communities 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 Learn about Enterprise Across our monthly hosting 3M+ posts created 1B+ page views served We host individual sites with 100K+ monthly active users 45M+ monthly views Building blocks for a complete community platform Hundreds of features to build, manage, and grow a healthy community. 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 You own your community and your data Powering tech communities for 10+ years with secure infrastructure and full ownership of your data. Open source at heart The entire Discourse codebase is freely available on GitHub. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in, no surprises. Audit it, fork it, extend it. View on GitHub -> Star Your data, your control Export everything, anytime. Self-host or use our managed hosting. Switch whenever you want. We've never sold user data and never will. "Discourse is the most amazing thing we have ever used. We have never experienced software so reliable. Ever." Jonathan Bulava Developer Advocacy at Twitch Discourse Discover See Discourse in action across the internet's best communities Don't just take our word for it—explore thousands of thriving communities built on Discourse, from open source projects to game developers, from product communities to AI lead...
Discourse | Where Tech Companies Build Communities Skip to content × About What is Discourse? Who we are Open source Customers Wall of love Partners Careers Features Discover Enterprise Pricing Resources Get started Talk to Sales Get started ☰ Where tech companies build communities Discourse is the customizable, scalable community platform powering more than 22,000 communities that create knowledge through conversation. Start your free trial Talk to Sales What would you like to build? Support hub Team workspace Product feedback Developer community 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 Get started Enable your workplace to stay connected for quick chats and dive into deeper collaboration whenever needed, all from one place. Directly message teammates, start group chats, or organize conversations across channels Share files, documents, and updates with teammates to keep everyone in the loop Move quick chats to topics for when deeper discussions are required Get started Gather ideas, prioritize what matters, and collaborate directly with your community to shape your product roadmap. From early concepts to shipped features, everything lives in one organized, transparent space. Collect ideas and let users vote on what matters Track progress with clear stages and status updates Categorize feedback by area, priority, or release cycle Get started Enable engineers to get help fast, collaborate on code, and influence product direction. Keep technical discussions organized with categories, tags, and accepted answers Connect with GitHub to mirror releases, issues, and pull requests Share code snippets and examples Run roadmap discussions with voting, stages, and status updates Get started Discourse Enterprise Enterprise-grade infrastructure for mission-critical communities 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 Learn about Enterprise Across our monthly hosting 3M+ posts created 1B+ page views served We host individual sites with 100K+ monthly active users 45M+ monthly views Building blocks for a complete community platform Hundreds of features to build, manage, and grow a healthy community. 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 You own your community and your data Powering tech communities for 10+ years with secure infrastructure and full ownership of your data. Open source at heart The entire Discourse codebase is freely available on GitHub. No black boxes, no vendor lock-in, no surprises. Audit it, fork it, extend it. View on GitHub -> Star Your data, your control Export everything, anytime. Self-host or use our managed hosting. Switch whenever you want. We've never sold user data and never will. "Discourse is the most amazing thing we have ever used. We have never experienced software so reliable. Ever." Jonathan Bulava Developer Advocacy at Twitch Discourse Discover See Discourse in action across the internet's best communities Don't just take our word for it—explore thousands of thriving communities built on Discourse, from open source projects to game developers, from product communities to AI lead...