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Freemium

Self-hosting is free; hosted plans are paid and start with a free trial.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.

Android, iOS, Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Can be self-hosted from the public source code
  • Covers forums, voting on ideas and team chat in one place
  • Sign-in through more than 50 OAuth providers
  • Markdown and BBCode posting
  • Self-hosting needs a server and ongoing maintenance
  • Hosted plans are paid after the trial
  • Still on 0.x releases with features in active development
  • Requires running a Python and Django stack
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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