AskBot AlternativesQ&A Services and other similar apps like AskBot

AskBot is described as 'Askbot is a Q&A system, like StackOverflow, Yahoo Answers and some others. Askbot is based on code of CNPROG, originally created by Mike Chen and Sailing Cai and some code written for OSQA' and is a Q&A service in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AskBot for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best AskBot alternative is Stack Overflow. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange. Other great apps like AskBot are Scoold, Question2Answer, Talkyard and OSQA.

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  1. Stack Overflow icon
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    Stack Overflow, part of Stack Exchange, is a free, community-driven, reputation-based Q & A site for computer programmers. No membership is required to ask questions or provide answers to questions by others.

    48 Stack Overflow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Stack Overflow is the most popular Web-based, Android & iPhone alternative to AskBot.

    • Stack Overflow is the most popular free alternative to AskBot.

    • Stack Overflow is Free Personal and ProprietaryAskBot is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Stack Exchange icon
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    Stack Exchange is a fast-growing network of 84 [and counting] question and answer sites on diverse topics from software programming to cooking to photography and gaming. We are an expert knowledge exchange: a place where physics researchers can ask each other about quantum...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Apache Answer icon
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    Q&A platform software for teams at any scale. Whether it's a community forum, help center, or knowledge management platform, you can always count on Apache Answer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
    • Apache Answer is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to AskBot.

    • Apache Answer is the most popular Open Source alternative to AskBot.

    • Apache Answer is Free and Open SourceAskBot is Freemium and Open Source
    • Apache Answer is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAskBot is not according to our users
  4. Scoold icon
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    Scoold is inspired by StackOverflow and implements most of its features. You can ask and answer questions, upvote and downvote posts, earn badges and reputation. Each edit creates an new revision, making it easy to follow the history of edits. Scoold is optimized for the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Question2Answer icon
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    A Q&A site helps an online community to share knowledge. No matter what your area of interest, people with questions can get super answers fast. Question2Answer is a popular Q&A solution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
    • Question2Answer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to AskBot.

    • Question2Answer is Free and Open SourceAskBot is Freemium and Open Source
    • Question2Answer is LightweightAskBot is not according to our users
  6. Talkyard icon
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    Help each other — with the main features from StackOverflow, Discourse, Slack, Reddit, and Disqus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Talkyard is the most popular SaaS alternative to AskBot.

    • Talkyard is Free and Open SourceAskBot is Freemium and Open Source
  7. OSQA icon
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    OSQA is the free, open source Q&A system you've been waiting for. Your OSQA site is more than just an FAQ page, it is a full-featured Q&A community. Users earn points and badges for useful participation, and everyone in the community wins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Django
     
  8. Fixoncloud icon
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    Interaction platform for programming enthusiasts, learners, and experts to solve problems. Fast and inexpensive solutions to your programming problems. People with no prior knowledge of the programming knowledge can start from here and reach an expertise level.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Mamute icon
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    Mamut is a tool that allows to ask questions and give answers and comment on both. In addition users could vote for questions and answers and mark solved questions as such.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Coordino allows you to create a question and answer system for you and your users to enjoy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Answers icon
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    Answers is the place to go to ask questions and receive answers from the community at large on any topic.

    40 Answers alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
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    Askalot is a next generation CQA (Community Question and Answer) system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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