The Public Community AlternativesForum Software and other similar apps like The Public Community

The Public Community is described as 'Lets you build your own social network, and leverage the power of a community to grow your brand. It helps brands build real, lasting relationships with their audience and turn their engagement into revenue' and is a Forum Software in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to The Public Community for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, PHP and Android apps. The best The Public Community alternative is Discourse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Discourse or Flarum. Other great apps like The Public Community are Booklet, Instaforum, Mighty Networks and Tribe Community Platform.

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  1. Discourse icon
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    Discourse is an open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. A modern forum, everything's been redesigned to be easy.

    70 Discourse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
    • Discourse is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to The Public Community.

    • Discourse is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to The Public Community.

    • Discourse is Free Personal and Open SourceThe Public Community is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Flarum icon
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    Flarum is free, open-source forum software with a focus on simplicity. You can use Flarum to easily set up a discussion forum for your website. Flarum is developed openly on GitHub.

    53 Flarum alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
  3. phpBB icon
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    Since its creation in 2000, phpBB™ has become the most widely used Open Source forum solution. Like its predecessors, phpBB™ 3.2 “Rhea” has an easy to use administration panel and a user friendly installation process, which allows you to have a forum set up in minutes.

    53 phpBB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
    • phpBB is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to The Public Community.

    • phpBB is Free and Open SourceThe Public Community is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Booklet icon
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    Booklet is a asynchronous discussion forum as an alternative to chat. It sends calm, automated summaries to everybody so that they stay informed and engaged - without having to stay logged in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Booklet is the most popular SaaS alternative to The Public Community.

    • Booklet is Freemium and ProprietaryThe Public Community is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    With Instaforum, you can build a forum website that's as simple and usable as a modern messaging app. It can be public or private, and users don't have to install anything. It's easy to set up, runs on your domain with your branding, and you control your data.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Instaforum is the most popular commercial alternative to The Public Community.

    • Instaforum is Paid and ProprietaryThe Public Community is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Instaforum is Privacy focused and LightweightThe Public Community is not according to our users
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    Create communities organized in groups with shared content, member-generated posts, private messaging, customizable branding, event and discussion features, content libraries, activity notifications, virtual or in-person meetups, and scalable network structures.

    36 Mighty Networks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Mighty Networks is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to The Public Community.

    • Mighty Networks is Paid and ProprietaryThe Public Community is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Tribe is a white-label platform, empowering the new generation of online communities. It boosts users engagement and growth through widgets and integrations to existing stacks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. ForumFree icon
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    ForumFree allows you to create a forum or a blog in a few simple steps. You have a completely free site that also allows you to earn money with advertising. You can use one of the themes already created by our users, or you can customize your own.

    55 ForumFree alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    inSided is an advanced platform to create and manage online customer communities, used by large enterprises as well as SMB. Highly configurable, full SaaS, enabling your customers to engage and help each other.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Vanilla Forums is the top-rated cloud-based community forum software with our easy to use and quick to get started platform. Featuring a sleek user experience, deep integration to your existing tools, flexible customization to fit your branding.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Lithium icon
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    Lithium engages your social customers with super-fun (okay, habit-forming) community experiences. And we do it for all your social customers—online and mobile. We help you find them, find their passions, and motivate them to participate so you can all make good things happen for...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Community plugin for your SaaS website.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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