Stack Exchange AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Q&A Services

The best Q&A alternative to Stack Exchange is Quora, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Stack Exchange and many of them are Q&A Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Q&A Service alternatives to Stack Exchange are Codidact, TopAnswers, Question2Answer and Apache Answer.

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  1. Quora icon
     258 likes

    People come to Quora to ask questions about any subject, read high quality knowledge that's personalized and relevant to them, and share their own knowledge with others. Quora is a place to share knowledge and better understand the world.

    82 Quora alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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  2. Codidact icon
     26 likes

    Ever had a question? Ever had an answer? Ever had knowledge to share? We believe that coming together to inquire and learn, to share knowledge and to teach each other, makes the world a better place. We also believe that Q&A communities should be free from the politics and...

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  3. TopAnswers icon
     6 likes

    TopAnswers is what Stack Overflow should be: focused on communities and knowledge sharing, not profit. We share some of the same aims:

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    • Online
     
  4. Question2Answer icon
     29 likes

    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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  5. Apache Answer icon
     2 likes

    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.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  6. Stackshare icon
     44 likes

    Learn about the tech stack behind some of the world's best software companies. See which tools and services they use, and how they're using them.

    52 Stackshare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. OSQA icon
     13 likes

    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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Django
     
  8. Guora icon
     3 likes

    A self-hosted Quora like web application written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. DeriveIt icon
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    View and search all Questions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. AskBot icon
     13 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Django
     
  11. Peeranha icon
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    Decentralized questions and answers website that rewards users with crypto tokens for their contributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    Revenue sharing questions and answers site. Get the answer to any question you may have.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Online
     
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