# Discourse

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/discourse
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/discourse.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/discourse/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://discourse.org
- **Slug:** discourse
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, collaboration-productivity, customer-support-cx-software, developer-tools

## Overview

- **Tagline:** An open-source forum platform that combines the power of long-form discussion with the speed and polish of modern social media.
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Discourse is an open-source Internet forum and mailing list management software application founded in 2013. It is designed for the next decade of the Internet, featuring a modern, touch-friendly interface with infinite scrolling and real-time notifications.
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Discourse Forum Software
  - Managed Discourse Hosting
  - Discourse AI
  - Discourse For Teams
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Freemium (Self-hosted is free; SaaS is Subscription)埋
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Software developers, gaming communities, enterprise customer support, and online creators.
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Flarum
  - Khoros
  - Circle.so
  - Discord
  - Stack Overflow for Teams acceleration
Source: Brand's website (https://discourse.org) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.