Discourse is open-source forum software for community discussion, support, and knowledge sharing, with moderation tools, customization, and built-in chat.
47.7k stars9k forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
13 self-hosted Tribe alternatives
Tribe is a SaaS platform for building branded online communities, providing discussion forums, customizable member profiles, content/activity feeds, moderation tools, integrations and embeddable community widgets to host customer or member communities.
Alternatives to Tribe
#2
NodeBB is a modern forum platform with real-time discussions, built-in chat, SSO options, plugins, and flexible theming, backed by Redis, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
15.2k stars3k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#3
Open-source intranet and enterprise social network for communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing with a modular, extensible design.
6.7k stars1.7k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#4
Misago is a modern, fast forum application built with Python, Django, and React, featuring moderation tools, permissions, private threads, polls, and API integrations.
2.8k stars555 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#5
Loomio is a collaborative decision-making tool for group discussions, proposals, and polls, helping teams make transparent decisions asynchronously with a clear record.
2.6k stars703 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#6
Self-hostable community discussion platform combining Q&A, forums, team chat, ideation/upvoting, and Disqus-style embedded blog comments.
1.8k stars129 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#7
Elgg is a modular open source platform for building social networks and collaborative communities with plugin-based extensions.
1.7k stars667 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#8
MyBB is a PHP-based, open-source forum platform with plugins, themes, moderation tools, private messaging and multi-database support.
1.2k stars438 forksLGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Modern Node.js-based BBS server with Telnet/SSH/WebSocket access, theming and mods, message networks, file areas, doors, and strong authentication options.
666 stars125 forksBSD-2-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
#10
Mbin is a federated content aggregator offering voting, discussion and microblogging via ActivityPub. A community-focused fork of kbin, built with PHP and Symfony.
426 stars33 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#11
A modern forum, wiki, and community hub for discussions, curated lists, and knowledgebases. Extensible, secure platform built with TypeScript and Go.
332 stars36 forksMPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#12
BuddyPress is a WordPress plugin that adds member profiles, activity streams, groups, messaging, and extensibility to build community and social networking sites.
251 stars169 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#13
Open source ActivityPub-powered federated forum and link aggregator for running and joining community discussions across the Fediverse.
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What replacing Tribe actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 12 of 13 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, LGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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