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Flarum vs Talkyard: catalog facts
Flarum	Talkyard
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Freemium Self-hosting is free; the hosted service offers a free trial.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Large ecosystem of community extensions Group permissions and built-in moderation	Combines forum, Q&A, idea voting and blog comments in one tool Optional anonymous comments
Needs a PHP server to host Version 2.0 is still a release candidate	Chat features are basic Documentation is incomplete
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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