Scoold

Scoold is an open source Q&A and knowledge sharing web app inspired by Stack Overflow, designed for internal teams and communities. It runs as a Spring Boot application and uses a separate backend service (Para) for persistence, search, and multi-tenancy.

Key Features

• Full Q&A workflow: questions, answers, comments, voting, reputation, and badges
• Spaces (teams) for grouping and isolating users and content
• Full-text search (provided via the Para backend and its search integrations)
• REST API defined with OpenAPI for automation and integrations
• Webhooks for create/update/delete events with signed payloads
• Multiple authentication options including password login, OAuth2/social login, and LDAP (SAML and more in Pro)
• Server-rendered, SEO-friendly pages with a lightweight frontend
• Backup and restore for exporting and importing instance data

Use Cases

• Internal engineering or IT Q&A to reduce repeated questions and tribal knowledge loss
• Company knowledge base with structured discussions and searchable answers
• Support and community-style forums for products or teams

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires a separately deployed Para backend service to function, which adds operational complexity

Scoold is a solid choice when you want a familiar Stack Overflow-like experience with team-oriented organization features and an API for automation. Its separation between the web app and Para backend can also help with scaling and multi-tenant setups.