Talkyard
Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid).
- Social & Forums
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,813
- Forks
- 127
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 195
- Last commit
- Jul 13, 2026
- Latest release
- tyse-v1.2026.003-f220a7d9f-regularMay 26, 2026
- Created
- Jun 8, 2013
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About Talkyard
Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid). Talkyard is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and written mainly in TypeScript, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 1,813 stars and 127 forks on GitHub, with 195 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- forum
- questions-and-answers
- chat
- blog-comments
- reactjs
- scala
- talkyard
- stackoverflow
- disqus
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What is Talkyard?
Talkyard is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Social & Forums category. Create a community, where your users can suggest ideas and get questions answered. And have friendly open-ended discussions and chat (Slack/StackOverflow/Discourse/Reddit/Disqus hybrid). The source code lives at github.com/debiki/talkyard, where it has 1,813 stars.
Is Talkyard free and open source?
Yes. Talkyard is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 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 Talkyard with Docker?
Yes. Talkyard 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 Talkyard?
Popular open-source alternatives to Talkyard include Mastodon, Discourse and Flarum.
Is Talkyard actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Talkyard was on Jul 13, 2026 with 195 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is tyse-v1.2026.003-f220a7d9f-regular, published May 26, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.