Answer
Knowledge-based community software. You can use it to quickly build your Q&A community for product technical support, customer support, user communication, and more.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 50% of tracked projects; popularity more than 85%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 16k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.0.3-RC1 · 23 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Docker, Go |
Is Answer actively maintained?
Answer is under active development: 268 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 19 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v2.0.3-RC1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 40 projects we track in Communication - Social Networks and Forums, Answer ranks #8 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Answer actually does
Answer is a self-hosted knowledge base and question-and-answer platform designed for community support and user communication. It provides a structured forum interface where users can ask questions, share technical solutions, and organise information collaboratively.
Best fit: It suits teams and organisations wanting to host their own technical support forum or internal knowledge repository under an Apache-2.0 licence.
Worth knowing: Adopting a niche forum platform over established alternatives may limit your access to pre-built integrations, plugins, and community documentation.
Deployment notes
Deployment typically relies on Docker, meaning you will need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place the container behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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