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QPixel vs Scoold: catalog facts
QPixel	Scoold
Best for: Running a community-moderated Q&A site	Best for: Teams wanting an internal Stack Overflow-style knowledge base
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free + paid options Open-source edition is free; Scoold Pro is a paid perpetual licence with a flat price.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Multiple communities in one installation Markdown with MathJax and image uploads All 3 strengths for QPixel Multiple communities in one installation Markdown with MathJax and image uploads Privileges earned through activity	LDAP, SAML and OAuth2 single sign-on Full-text search across all content All 4 strengths for Scoold LDAP, SAML and OAuth2 single sign-on Full-text search across all content Slack, Teams and Mattermost integrations Deploys to any VPS or cloud
Still working towards a minimum viable product Homepage is the Codidact network rather than a product page	Some premium features require the paid Pro edition Relies on the separate Para backend service
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for QPixel codidact.com github.com/codidact/qpixel Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Scoold scoold.com github.com/Erudika/scoold Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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