Gather ideas, prioritize what matters, and collaborate directly with your community to shape your product roadmap. From early concepts to shipped features, everything lives in one organized, transparent space.
Collect ideas and let users vote on what matters
Track progress with clear stages and status updates
Categorize feedback by area, priority, or release cycle
Enterprise-grade infrastructure for mission-critical communities
Tailor your community to fit your organization's needs with advanced customization and integration. Our Professional Services team helps you get the most out of your community from day one.
Dedicated infrastructure and SLA guarantees
SSO, SAML, and enterprise authentication
Custom development and integrations to create a branded experience
White-glove onboarding and guidance from people who know code
Hundreds of features to build, manage, and grow a healthy community.
Customize
Designed to fit your brand
Out-of-the-box themes, branding options, and powerful customization tools, so your community feels like home.
Create a searchable public knowledge base
Customize look and feel
Organize members with groups and roles
Connect
Every way to connect
Connect with your community using open discussions, chat, private messages, or straight from email—all in Discourse.
Get the conversation started with topics
Built-in real-time chat
Private messaging and DMs
Manage
Easy to manage
From a variety of moderation tools to settings for every feature Discourse gives you the flexibility to be as hands on or off as you want to be.
Protect your community with built-in moderation tools
AI-assisted community management features
Monitor community health with our admin dashboard
Grow
From startups to global enterprises
Scale your community without sacrificing flexibility or control. Whether you're just starting out or already serving millions, Discourse grows with you.
SSO and social logins
Gamification features
SEO optimized for Google
Themes & plugins
Extend your community with official and community-built themes and plugins.
Install ready-made themes and plugins yourself
Build custom themes and plugins on our flexible platform
Collaborate with our Professional Services team to customize your community
You own your community and your data
Powering tech communities for 10+ years with secure infrastructure and full ownership of your data.
Open source at heart
The entire Discourse codebase is freely available on GitHub. No black boxes,
no vendor lock-in, no surprises. Audit it, fork it, extend it.
"Discourse is the most amazing thing we have ever used. We have never experienced software so reliable. Ever."
Jonathan Bulava
Developer Advocacy at Twitch
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Don't just take our word for it—explore thousands of thriving communities built on Discourse, from open source projects to game developers, from product communities to AI leaders.
"Being hosted... and having all the current features is a tremendous help to the team and company. There is no one that offers this level of customization."
"The more I look deeply at @discourse the bigger the respect I have for the product… they have many many years of iterating fast on a solid forum product and it shows."
Join a community of builders, moderators, and enthusiasts who love helping others get the most out of Discourse — from setup tips to advanced customizations.
"It's been such a privilege to work with you guys over the years. I can't stress how exceptional it was to have such friendly and knowledgeable suppliers to work with. Huge props! Not only did you make this project possible, you made it thoroughly enjoyable!"
Tristan Robinson
Project Manager at Hella
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