Talkyard
Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid).
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 45% of tracked projects; popularity more than 46%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | tyse-v1.2026.003-f220a7d9f-regular · 26 May 2026 |
| Repo updated | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker, Scala |
Is Talkyard actively maintained?
Talkyard is under active development: 213 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 2 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 91% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, tyse-v1.2026.003-f220a7d9f-regular, is about 4 months old.
Talkyard ranks #25 of 40 tracked communication - social networks and forums projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Talkyard actually does
Talkyard is a self-hosted platform designed to combine user communities, feature request boards, question-and-answer sections, and chat functionality into a single space. It merges the core features of multiple popular discussion and support forums into one unified application.
Best fit: It suits administrators who want to consolidate feedback collection, community discussions, and user support into a single self-hosted platform rather than running separate tools.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence places strict copyleft obligations on network services, which may affect your legal compliance if you modify and host the code publicly. Additionally, community adoption is relatively modest compared to long-standing alternatives in this category.
Deployment notes
Deployment relies on Docker containers, which typically require persistent storage volumes for database and application state. You will also need to configure a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination and incoming HTTP traffic.
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