Discourse (software)

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Discourse

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Basic data

Maintainer Jeff Atwood, Robin Ward, Sam Saffron, Neil Lalonde, Régis Hanol
developer Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Publishing year 2013
Current  version 2.5.0
( June 24, 2020 )
operating system Linux
programming language Ruby , JavaScript
category Internet forum
License GNU General Public License Version 2
German speaking Yes
www.discourse.org

Discourse is an open source software for managing internet forums and mailing lists . Its aim is to achieve a better quality of discussion than in the Internet forums that were common up until then.

history

Discourse was founded in 2013 by Jeff Atwood , Robin Ward and Sam Saffron. Discourse received financial support from venture capital firms First Round Capital , SV Angel and Greylock Partners .

Functions

In terms of user-friendliness , Discourse breaks with existing forum software: It includes features that are otherwise more familiar from social networks than from forums, such as infinite scrolling , live updates, automatic generation of an HTML preview of linked websites ("oneboxing"), as well as drag and drop for attachments. The goals and drive of the project are more of a social than a technical nature: the improved forum software should also improve the quality of the discussion.

technology

Discourse is written in JavaScript and Ruby on Rails and uses Ember.js as a framework. As a database management system is PostgreSQL used. The source code is under the GNU General Public License Version 2.

Business model

Discourse's software is open source ( GPLv2 ) and can be used free of charge. The company generates income from the sales of hosting and support . There are various options available, each of which can be fully tested for 14 days prior to purchase.

Dissemination and use

Discourse is used by more than 600 well-known companies and projects, including:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Core Discourse Team. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Release 2.5.0 . June 24, 2020 (accessed June 26, 2020).
  3. ↑ a b Stack Exchange Founder Vows to Reinvent Online Discourse. In: Wired. February 6, 2013, accessed May 19, 2017 .
  4. ^ Stack Exchange Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Launches Forums Startup Discourse. In: TechCrunch. February 5, 2013, accessed May 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Onebox's GitHub repository
  6. ^ Discourse - A new type of forum. In: ITworld. April 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .
  7. ^ Civilized Discourse Construction Kit. In: codinghorror blog. February 5, 2013, accessed May 21, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Discourse FAQ
  9. ↑ Why Discourse uses Ember.js. In: eviltrout.com. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .
  10. ^ Discourse.org: Payments and Pricing . Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  11. ^ Discourse.org: Customers . Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Atlassian Developer and Vendor Community
  13. ^ Atom Discussion
  14. ^ Cisco Learning Network Discourse
  15. ^ Diaspora * Discourse
  16. ^ Docker Community Forum
  17. ↑ Let's Encrypt Community
  18. ^ Mozilla: New Add-On Community Forum
  19. ↑ Nextcloud Community
  20. ^ Directory of Open Knowledge Network members
  21. ↑ Twitter Developers Forums