Misago
Fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 30% of tracked projects; popularity more than 56%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 0.39.6 · 19 Jun 2026 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Misago actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 101 commits, of which 69 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 23 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 306% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 0.39.6, is about 3 months old.
Misago ranks #20 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Misago actually does
Misago is a self-hosted forum application designed to handle community discussions. It provides a responsive interface for user interaction and topic management.
Best fit: It suits administrators looking for a modern community platform deployed via containerised infrastructure.
Worth knowing: You may find a smaller ecosystem of plugins and themes compared to more established forum software.
Deployment notes
As a Docker-based application, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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