Free Self-Hosted Stack Overflow Alternatives

Stack Overflow is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best free Self-Hosted alternative is Codidact, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Stack Overflow and 11 are free and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Self-Hosted alternatives to Stack Overflow are Scoold, Question2Answer, Apache Answer and AnonymousOverflow.

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  1. Codidact icon
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    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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  2. 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.

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  3. 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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    • Online
    • MySQL Community Edition
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  4. 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.

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    • Online
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    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  5. AnonymousOverflow allows you to view StackOverflow threads without the cluttered interface and exposing your IP address, browsing habits and other browser fingerprint data to StackOverflow.

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  6.  3 likes

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Talkyard icon
     3 likes

    Help each other — with the main features from StackOverflow, Discourse, Slack, Reddit, and Disqus.

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. 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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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    • Python
    • Django
     
  9. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Python
    • Django
     
  10.  6 likes

    Coordino allows you to create a question and answer system for you and your users to enjoy.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  11. Guora icon
     3 likes

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

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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