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UX: improve btn-transparent styling (#24666)
6 hours ago
.devcontainer DEV: Replace postCreateCommand with postStartCommand (#16665) 2 years ago
.github DEV: Update stale-pr-closer configuration (#24626) 2 days ago
.vscode-sample DEV: introduce Ember `<template>` tag support (.gjs) (#22719) 4 months ago
app UX: improve btn-transparent styling (#24666) 6 hours ago
bin DEV: Don't warn about clearing tmp/cache (#24602) 4 days ago
config FIX: Ensure app-cdn CORS is not overridden by cors_origin setting (#24661) 20 hours ago
db FEATURE: increase tag description limit to 1000 (#24561) 4 days ago
docs DEV: Add JS API to adjust desktop topic timeline min/max height (#24669) 17 hours ago
documentation DEV: Fix random typos (#20937) 8 months ago
images Replace README logo with PNG (#14044) 2 years ago
lib FIX: Ensure app-cdn CORS is not overridden by cors_origin setting (#24661) 20 hours ago
log Initial release of Discourse 11 years ago
migrations DEV: Add initial structure for migrations-tooling 2 months ago
plugins DEV: Resolve transitionTo deprecation in chat-channel route (#24668) 17 hours ago
public DEV: Port `discourse-table-builder` theme component to core (#24441) 2 days ago
script DEV: Port `discourse-table-builder` theme component to core (#24441) 2 days ago
spec FIX: Ensure app-cdn CORS is not overridden by cors_origin setting (#24661) 20 hours ago
test DEV: Drop `/theme-qunit` from smoke test (#23562) 3 months ago
vendor DEV: Modernise highlightjs loading (#24197) 3 weeks ago
.editorconfig DEV: Update .editorconfig to match new hbs rules (#19816) 11 months ago
.eslintignore DEV: convert I18n pseudo package into real package (discourse-i18n) (#23867) 2 months ago
.eslintrc.cjs DEV: Use `@discourse/lint-configs` (#24038) 1 month ago
.git-blame-ignore-revs DEV: Add recent formatting commits to `.git-blame-ignore-revs` (#19799) 11 months ago
.gitattributes DEV: introduce Ember `<template>` tag support (.gjs) (#22719) 4 months ago
.gitignore FEATURE: Bundle discourse-spoiler-alert plugin into core (#24030) 1 month ago
.jsdoc DEV: Chat service object initial implementation (#19814) 10 months ago
.licensed.yml Build(deps): Bump faraday from 2.7.10 to 2.7.11 (#23554) 3 months ago
.licensee.json DEV: Update eslint/prettier (#22226) 5 months ago
.npmrc DEV: Prevent npm usage (#13945) 2 years ago
.prettierignore DEV: convert I18n pseudo package into real package (discourse-i18n) (#23867) 2 months ago
.prettierrc.cjs DEV: Use `@discourse/lint-configs` (#24038) 1 month ago
.rspec Add RSpec 4 compatibility (#17652) 1 year ago
.rspec_parallel DEV: Introduce parallel rspec testing 5 years ago
.rubocop.yml Build(deps-dev): Bump rubocop-discourse from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 (#24375) 2 weeks ago
.ruby-gemset.sample rvm has offically depreicated .rvmrc and recommends using .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset instead. 11 years ago
.ruby-version.sample DEV: Update recommended Ruby to 3.2.1 (#20444) 9 months ago
.streerc DEV: Apply syntax_tree formatting to `app/*` 11 months ago
.template-lintrc.js DEV: Use `@discourse/lint-configs` (#24038) 1 month ago
Brewfile DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 5 years ago
CODEOWNERS DEV: Add codeowner for migrations related code 2 months ago
CONTRIBUTING.md Proper long form for CLA 8 years ago
COPYRIGHT.md DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 3 years ago
Gemfile DEV: Remove RAILS_MASTER flag from Gemfile (#24574) 4 days ago
Gemfile.lock Build(deps): Bump net-imap from 0.4.6 to 0.4.7 (#24638) 2 days ago
LICENSE.txt DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 3 years ago
README.md FIX: correct link to meta.discourse.org 3 months ago
Rakefile FIX: Do not dump schema during production database migrations (#12785) 3 years ago
config.ru DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 5 years ago
d add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 7 years ago
discourse.sublime-project DEV: Exclude i18n .yml files from Sublime Text project. (#6473) 5 years ago
jsconfig.json DEV: Consolidate and update jsconfig, and add types packages (#23824) 1 month ago
lefthook.yml DEV: Add syntax_tree check to lefthook (#19877) 11 months ago
package.json DEV: Modernise highlightjs loading (#24197) 3 weeks ago
translator.yml DEV: Fix translator-bot configuration for footnote plugin (#24065) 1 month ago
yarn.lock DEV: Modernise highlightjs loading (#24197) 3 weeks ago

README.md

Discourse is the online home for your community. We offer a 100% open source community platform to those who want complete control over how and where their site is run.

Our platform has been battle-tested for over a decade and continues to evolve to meet users needs for a powerful community platform. Discourse allows you to create discussion topics and connect using real-time chat, as well as access an ever-growing number of official and community themes. In addition, we offer a wide variety of plugins for features ranging from chatbots powered by Discourse AI to functionalities like SQL analysis using the Data Explorer plugin.

To learn more, visit discourse.org and join our support community at meta.discourse.org.

Screenshots

Discourse 3.1

Boing Boing

Mobile

Browse lots more notable Discourse instances.

Development

To get your environment set up, follow the community setup guide for your operating system.

  1. If you're on macOS, try the macOS development guide.
  2. If you're on Ubuntu, try the Ubuntu development guide.
  3. If you're on Windows, try the Windows 10 development guide.
  4. If you're looking to use a simpler Docker-based install, try the Docker development guide.

If you're familiar with how Rails works and are comfortable setting up your own environment, you can also try out the Discourse Advanced Developer Guide, which is aimed primarily at Ubuntu and macOS environments.

Before you get started, ensure you have the following minimum versions: Ruby 3.2+, PostgreSQL 13, Redis 7. If you're having trouble, please see our TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE first!

Setting up Discourse

If you want to set up a Discourse forum for production use, see our Discourse Install Guide.

If you're looking for official hosting, see discourse.org/pricing.

Requirements

Discourse is built for the next 10 years of the Internet, so our requirements are high.

Discourse supports the latest, stable releases of all major browsers and platforms:

Browsers Tablets Phones
Apple Safari iPadOS iOS
Google Chrome Android Android
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox

Additionally, we aim to support Safari on iOS 15.7+.

Built With

  • Ruby on Rails — Our back end API is a Rails app. It responds to requests RESTfully in JSON.
  • Ember.js — Our front end is an Ember.js app that communicates with the Rails API.
  • PostgreSQL — Our main data store is in Postgres.
  • Redis — We use Redis as a cache and for transient data.
  • BrowserStack — We use BrowserStack to test on real devices and browsers.

Plus lots of Ruby Gems, a complete list of which is at /main/Gemfile.

Contributing

Build Status

Discourse is 100% free and open source. We encourage and support an active, healthy community that accepts contributions from the public including you!

Before contributing to Discourse:

  1. Please read the complete mission statements on discourse.org. Yes we actually believe this stuff; you should too.
  2. Read and sign the Electronic Discourse Forums Contribution License Agreement.
  3. Dig into CONTRIBUTING.MD, which covers submitting bugs, requesting new features, preparing your code for a pull request, etc.
  4. Always strive to collaborate with mutual respect.
  5. Not sure what to work on? We've got some ideas.

We look forward to seeing your pull requests!

Security

We take security very seriously at Discourse; all our code is 100% open source and peer reviewed. Please read our security guide for an overview of security measures in Discourse, or if you wish to report a security issue.

The Discourse Team

The original Discourse code contributors can be found in AUTHORS.MD. For a complete list of the many individuals that contributed to the design and implementation of Discourse, please refer to the official Discourse blog and GitHub's list of contributors.

Copyright 2014 - 2023 Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.

Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.0 (or later); you may not use this work except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file, or at:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Discourse logo and “Discourse Forum” ®, Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.

Accessibility

To guide our ongoing effort to build accessible software we follow the W3Cs Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). If you'd like to report an accessibility issue that makes it difficult for you to use Discourse, email accessibility@discourse.org. For more information visit discourse.org/accessibility.

Dedication

Discourse is built with love, Internet style.