AskBot

Open source question and answer forum written in Python and Django

Freemium • Open Source
Q&A Service

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Self-Hosted
Python
Django

What is AskBot?

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.

Askbot is open-source and can be self-hosted for free; hosting plans are paid.

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The website is partially broken, no downloads, and a "We will re-open soon, please leave your email" since 2019.

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Developed byAskbot.org
LicensingOpen Source and Freemium product.
PricingOne time purchase (perpetual license)
Written in
Python
Alternatives12 alternatives listed

Supported Languages

English

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