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Private question and answer knowledge base for companies, formerly named Stack Overflow for Teams. A closed product from Stack Overflow.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Answer | Full replacement | 16k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.0.2 | 2026-09-22 |
| Discourse | Partial | 48k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Ruby | v2026.9.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Talkyard | Partial | 1.8k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | tyse-v1.2026.003-f220a7d9f-regular | 2026-07-13 |
| Scoold | Partial | 923 | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Java | 1.70.2 | 2026-09-29 |
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A Q&A platform software for teams at any scales. Whether it's a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Apache Answer.
Questions, answers, votes, tags and reputation on your own server.
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Accepted answers and post voting through bundled plugins, on top of a forum.
A community discussion platform: Brings together the main features from StackOverflow, Slack, Discourse, Reddit, and Disqus blog comments.
Question topics with accepted answers alongside forum discussions, chat and embedded blog comments.
The Stack Overflow clone for your team (self-hosted or hosted)
Questions, answers, voting and reputation for a team; SAML, LDAP and some integrations are in the paid Pro edition.