Misago
Misago is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Social & Forums category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Reddit and ships a Docker image. It has 2,780 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,780
- Forks
- 557
- Open issues
- 169
- Commits, last 12 months
- 105
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.39.6Jun 19, 2026
- Created
- Jun 22, 2012
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 105 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors9 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 105 |
| Latest release | 0.39.6 (Jun 19, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 75 |
| Open issues | 169 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 22, 2012 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Misago
Fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/rafalp/Misago.
Topics
- forums
- forum
- django
- python
- docker
- htmx
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Is Misago free and open source?
Yes. Misago is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Misago with Docker?
Yes. Misago provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Misago?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Misago include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum. Misago itself is a self-hosted alternative to Reddit.
Is Misago actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Misago was on Oct 24, 2026 with 105 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.39.6, published Jun 19, 2026. It had 169 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.