Discourse (software)
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| Developer(s) | Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. |
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| Initial release | 2013 |
| Stable release | 1.1.3[1] / December 12, 2014 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Ruby, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in |
High class: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Ukrainian Middle class: Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Low class or inferior: Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean |
| Type | Forum software |
| License | GNU GPL version 2 |
| Website | www.discourse.org |
Discourse is an open source Internet forum software application founded in 2013 by Jeff Atwood, Robin Ward, and Sam Saffron.[2] Discourse received funding from First Round Capital and Greylock.[3]
From a usability perspective, Discourse breaks with existing forum software by including features recently popularized by large social networks, such as infinite scrolling, live updates, expanding links, and drag and drop attachments.[4] However, the stated goals of the project are social rather than technical, to improve online discussion quality through improved forum software.
The application is written in JavaScript and Ruby on Rails,[5] and is released under the GNU General Public License version 2. PostgreSQL is the supported database management system. It also uses Ember.js.[6]
Server requirements
The following software is required on a server to run Discourse:[7]
Notable users
References
- ↑ Discourse releases
- ↑ "StackExchange Founder Vows to Reinvent Online Discourse". Wired. 2013-02-06.
- ↑ "Stack Exchange Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Launches Forums Startup Discourse". TechCrunch. 2013-02-05.
- ↑ "Discourse - A new type of forum". ITworld. 2013-04-19.
- ↑ http://www.discourse.org/faq/#tech
- ↑ http://eviltrout.com/2013/02/10/why-discourse-uses-emberjs.html
- ↑ Discourse Advanced Developer Install Guide