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Discourse (software)

Discourse is an open source Internet forum system released on August 26, 2014. It was founded by Jeff Atwood, Robin Ward, and Sam Saffron.

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Available in
Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,…
Developers
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
License
GNU GPL version 2 (or later)
Operating system
Linux
Release
August 26, 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-08-26)
Repository
github.com/discourse/discourse

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Discourse (software)

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples19
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Discourse (software)

Top relations

Available in · 1
Discourse (software) → Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,…
Developers · 1
Discourse (software) → Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
License · 1
Discourse (software) → GNU GPL version 2 (or later)
Operating system · 1
Discourse (software) → Linux
Release · 1
Discourse (software) → August 26, 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-08-26)
Repository · 1
Discourse (software) → github.com/discourse/discourse
Stable release · 1
Discourse (software) → v2026.1.0 / 8 January 2026
Type · 1
Discourse (software) → Forum software
Website · 1
Discourse (software) → www.discourse.org
Written in · 1
Discourse (software) → Ruby, JavaScript

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

discourse users features categories new composer source topics trust support also developers software forum add messages groups plugins civilized system

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Discourse (software)Available inAlbanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,…1.00infobox
Discourse (software)DevelopersCivilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.1.00infobox
Discourse (software)LicenseGNU GPL version 2 (or later)1.00infobox
Discourse (software)Operating systemLinux1.00infobox
Discourse (software)ReleaseAugust 26, 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-08-26)1.00infobox
Discourse (software)Repositorygithub.com/discourse/discourse1.00infobox
Discourse (software)Stable releasev2026.1.0 / 8 January 20261.00infobox
Discourse (software)TypeForum software1.00infobox
Discourse (software)Websitewww.discourse.org1.00infobox
Discourse (software)Written inRuby, JavaScript1.00infobox
replyinstance ofThey can take actions0.80text
likeinstance ofThey can take actions0.80text

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