Misago

Misago is a fully featured, modern discussion forum application designed to be fast, scalable, and responsive. It provides the core features expected from a production internet forum, with a Django backend and a JavaScript-driven frontend.

Key Features

• User accounts with profiles, avatars, and password reset
• OAuth2 social login via many providers
• Categories with unlimited depth of subcategories
• Post editor supporting Markdown, a BBCode subset, or both
• Moderation tools for editing, moving, approving, hiding, deleting, and closing content
• Permission system with roles/ranks and category-level access control
• Read tracking to highlight new/unread content
• Private threads for invited participants
• Attachments support including thumbnailing
• Polls, best-answer marking for basic Q&A, and edit history/logs
• GDPR-oriented features and settings
• JSON API for integrations

Use Cases

• Hosting community discussion forums for products, games, or organizations
• Running a Q&A-style help community using threads and best-answer marking
• Integrating forum authentication and data with an existing site via OAuth2 and API

Misago is a strong choice for teams that want a modern forum experience with robust moderation, flexible permissions, and a contemporary web stack suitable for customization and integration.